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1600165

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wind Power: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support offshore wind in Wales.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	903778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Floating offshore wind will create thousands of high-quality jobs in Wales, drive economic growth and help us reach our net zero and energy security ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>I will continue to work with colleagues across Government and The Crown Estate as they progress plans to bring forward 4 Gigawatts of projects in the Celtic Sea by 2035.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies grouped question UIN 903781 question first answered 01/03/2023 14:29:06 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1600166

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on funding for green infrastructure in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	903780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>My Department works closely with the Welsh Government on funding for green infrastructure in Wales, including the UK Government’s ambition to bring forward 4 gigawatts of innovative floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea and support for workplace and home Electric Vehicle charging points.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 14:25:08 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1600167

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wind Power: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support offshore wind in Wales.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	903781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Floating offshore wind will create thousands of high-quality jobs in Wales, drive economic growth and help us reach our net zero and energy security ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>I will continue to work with colleagues across Government and The Crown Estate as they progress plans to bring forward 4 Gigawatts of projects in the Celtic Sea by 2035.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies grouped question UIN 903778 question first answered 01/03/2023 14:29:07 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1600168

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Freeports: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the delivery of freeports in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	903782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the delivery of freeports in Wales and I am pleased that the assessment process is underway. The UK and Welsh Governments are working collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes for Wales.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 14:26:14 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1600221

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Motor Neurone Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the UK as of 1 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	156132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/03/2023 14:14:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1600222

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Medicine: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on numbers of applications to study medicine of barriers to student finance for those for whom medicine would be a second degree.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	156214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Students studying medicine as a second degree can access a range of financial support from Student Finance England and through the NHS Bursary.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 156215 question first answered 08/03/2023 15:22:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1600223

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide funding for mental health services for children in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>While it is not for schools to provide clinical mental health services and teachers should not be expected to diagnose or treat mental health, schools are best placed to decide what pastoral support to put in place to support their pupils.</p><p>To help schools to make informed decisions on what support to provide, the department is funding all schools and colleges in England to train senior mental health leads who can put in place effective whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing. This includes how to ensure they are including robust processes for identifying students or specific groups who need additional mental health support. Two thirds of schools and colleges will have been able to access funding by April 2023, backed by a £10 million investment for the 2022/23 financial year. The department is also providing over £1 billion Recovery Premium funding for schools for the 2021/22 and 2023/24 academic years which, on top of pupil premium, can be used to support pupil mental health and wellbeing, including providing counselling services.</p><p>The department is working with the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England to increase the number of Mental Health Support Teams working in schools and colleges. These teams offer support to children and young people experiencing common mental health issues and facilitate smoother access to external specialist support. As of Spring 2022, there are 287 Mental Health Support Teams covering 26% of pupils in schools and learners in further education. More teams are on the way, with over 500 planned to be up and running by 2024.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/03/2023 16:24:22 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1600224

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide funding for mental health services for people under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, and we are supporting them to expand mental health services through the NHS Long Term Plan, which commits to increasing investment into mental health services by at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 so that an additional two million are able to access National Health Service funded mental health support.</p><p>The spend for children and young people’s mental health services has increased from £841.4 million in 2019/20 to £994.8 million 2021/22, with a planned spend of £1.0815 billion in 2022/23. This funding is across both NHS specialised commissioning which includes eating disorders services and local commissioning. The source of this data is from the NHS England dashboard. Previous and most recent NHS mental health dashboards is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/03/2023 13:25:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1600225

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how much of the £1.3bn the Government planned to spend to accelerate the roll out of EV charging infrastructure has been spent to date; and in which areas of the UK he plans to invest under that Plan.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	156314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to decarbonising transport by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. It has already spent over £2 billion to support the transition to zero emission vehicles. This funding has focused on reducing barriers to the adoption of such vehicles, including offsetting their higher upfront cost, and accelerating the rollout of chargepoint infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Government spend on charging infrastructure for the financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22 is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Project/Scheme</p></td><td><p>20-21</p></td><td><p>21-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme and its predecessor Domestic Recharging Scheme.</p></td><td><p>£24,426,000</p></td><td><p>£54,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workplace Charging Scheme</p></td><td><p>£1,536,000</p></td><td><p>£5,803,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>On Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme</p></td><td><p>£6,028,000</p></td><td><p>£20,578,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This does not include finalised spending on infrastructure schemes for the 2022/23 financial year, which will be available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the deployment of EV charging infrastructure happens across all areas of the country. Last summer the Government launched the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Pilot, accelerating the delivery of chargepoints across the country. It has now expanded this LEVI pilot scheme to an additional sixteen local authorities, from West Sussex to Rotherham and Cumbria.</p><p> </p><p>Work is being undertaken to develop the Rapid Charging Fund (RCF). This year, the Government will launch a public consultation on the RCF and a pilot scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2023 11:13:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1600226

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 of February 2023 to Question 148650 on Pension Credit, what is the current average processing time of Pension Credit applications from date of application to date of (a) decision and (b) first payment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	156185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>This information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work &amp; Pensions as the Department does not have a business requirement for this information to be retained.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 08/03/2023 16:17:57 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire