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1605844

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date	21/03/2023
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	Energy Supply: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there are regions of the UK where it is not possible to build new homes due to energy supply constraints.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is aware of lengthy timescales for connection to the electricity network in some parts of the country, that are affecting housing developments. The Government is working with Ofgem and network companies to improve the connection process and release network capacity to accelerate connections.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/03/2023 15:08:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605852

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	DM Gosport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation units there are at DE&S Gosport; and how many personnel are based at that site.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	170727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 29/03/2023 15:24:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1605855

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing asylum seekers to work on (a) the economy and (b) the level of job vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are allowed to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List.</p><p> </p><p>A review of the policy concluded in December 2021 and there will be no changes to the policy at this time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2023 15:44:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605856

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Unipart Logistics: Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to encourage Unipart Logistics to procure drop-in Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil for (a) the NHS estate and (b) its vehicle fleets to replace diesel.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	170601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Unipart Logistics is a major National Health Service collaborator and meets regularly with Supply Chain Co-ordination Limited to ensure continuous improvement and to deliver supply chain excellence to NHS trusts. The Department’s Ministers have not met Unipart Logistics to specifically discuss the NHS Carbon Footprint or the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in the NHS.</p><p>The NHS is committed to reducing its reliance on fossil fuels across its estate and fleet and aims to achieve Net Zero for direct emissions by 2040. As part of this, the NHS is working to increase its use of renewable energy sources. This includes exploring the use of biofuels for fleet and standby generators wherever this is appropriate and cost-effective.</p><p>I can confirm that the NHS Supply Chain is currently trialling HVO in its vehicles and will be assessing the long-term viability of HVO as a fuel source for its network.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 170602 171408 question first answered 30/03/2023 15:01:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1605857

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Unipart Logistics: Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met with a representative of Unipart Logistics to discuss (a) the NHS' plans to reduce its Carbon Footprint and (b) the use of drop-in Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil to replace diesel across (i) fleets and (ii) stand-by generators across the NHS estate.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	170602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Unipart Logistics is a major National Health Service collaborator and meets regularly with Supply Chain Co-ordination Limited to ensure continuous improvement and to deliver supply chain excellence to NHS trusts. The Department’s Ministers have not met Unipart Logistics to specifically discuss the NHS Carbon Footprint or the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in the NHS.</p><p>The NHS is committed to reducing its reliance on fossil fuels across its estate and fleet and aims to achieve Net Zero for direct emissions by 2040. As part of this, the NHS is working to increase its use of renewable energy sources. This includes exploring the use of biofuels for fleet and standby generators wherever this is appropriate and cost-effective.</p><p>I can confirm that the NHS Supply Chain is currently trialling HVO in its vehicles and will be assessing the long-term viability of HVO as a fuel source for its network.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 170601 171408 question first answered 30/03/2023 15:01:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1605863

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Carers
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 14 March 2023 to Question 159058 on Social Security Benefits, what (a) advice and (b) other support his Department provides to claimants who are subject to the benefit cap and the primary carer of a child under three.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	170678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>A full range of support is available to claimants, which includes work coach interviews, national and local provision. This support and advice is ongoing and can include, for example, employment support to help them find work, budgeting support, housing advice and signposting to local authorities to access to Discretionary Housing Payments</p><p> </p><p>The Government clearly recognises that high childcare costs can affect parents’ decisions to take up paid work or increase their working hours, which is why the changes to the UC childcare element announced in the Spring Budget 2023 will provide generous additional financial support to parents moving into work and/or significantly increasing their working hours.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/03/2023 16:03:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1605864

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the National Education Union on offering teachers an above inflation pay rise.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government and the education trade unions, the Association of School and College Leaders, National Association of Head Teachers, NASUWT and the National Education Union (NEU), took part in a period of intensive talks between 17 March and 23 March 2023, when an in principle offer was made by the Government. This offer comprised a package of pay and non-pay related measures.</p><p>The offer included an average consolidated pay increase over this year and next year that is over 10%, with 5.4% this year compounded by the 4.5% offered for next, as well as a non-consolidated additional £1,000 for this year. The pay offer was above the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast for inflation at the end of this calendar year, which is 2.9%, with inflation forecast to fall further in 2024. The Government also committed to increasing the starting salary for new teachers by 7.1% to £30,000.</p><p>It is disappointing that the education trade unions have rejected this offer, which was fully funded. The issue of teacher pay will now revert to the independent pay review body, the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), who will put forward its recommendation for what teachers’ pay for next year should be. It is hoped that the independent process will break the deadlock and lead to a resolution as soon as possible. As usual, it will not look at any changes to the pay award for this year, 2022/23.</p><p>The Department will continue to engage regularly with teaching and leadership unions on policy developments as usual.</p><p>NEU has also announced further strikes on 27 April and 2 May. These strikes will only cause further disruption for students and parents, at a crucial period in the school calendar when many students will be preparing for important exams which will affect their long-term prospects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/04/2023 14:29:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605865

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Student Wastage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increases in the cost of living on university student dropout rates.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The department recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen this year which have impacted students.</p><p>Students who have been awarded a loan for living costs for the 2022/23 academic year that is lower than the maximum, and whose household income for the tax year 2022/23 has dropped by at least 15% compared to the income provided for their original assessment, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p><p>We are making ongoing assessments of the data available to us on student withdrawals. This includes the Student Loans Company (SLC) reports on notifications received of student withdrawal from higher education (HE), and this data is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-in-year-student-withdrawal-notifications-academic-year-201819-to-202223" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-in-year-student-withdrawal-notifications-academic-year-201819-to-202223</a>.</p><p>Authoritative data on students not continuing or completing their HE studies by person characteristics is published by the Office for Students in the ‘Student characteristics data: Outcomes data’ dashboard. This can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/student-characteristics-data/outcomes-data-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/student-characteristics-data/outcomes-data-dashboard/</a>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics has twice surveyed students directly on the impact of cost-of-living pressures. The most recent report, published 24 February 2023 is available to view here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/educationandchildcare/bulletins/costoflivingandhighereducationstudentsengland/30januaryto13february2023" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/educationandchildcare/bulletins/costoflivingandhighereducationstudentsengland/30januaryto13february2023</a>.</p><p>The next SLC report on student withdrawal from HE is due to be published on 30 March 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 29/03/2023 15:46:04 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605866

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Section 95 Asylum Support, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>From 21 December 2022, the government increased the main rate of asylum support that is provided under sections 4 and 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to £45 per week on an interim basis.</p><p>The level of allowance is reviewed annually to ensure it meets the sufficient living needs of asylum seekers. We are undertaking this year’s asylum support review and will announce the outcome through amendments to the Asylum Support Regulations 2000.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2023 15:53:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605888

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Trade Agreements: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the inclusion of a clause in the proposed free trade agreement between the UK and Israel permitting Israel to unilaterally apply that agreement to the Occupied Palestinian Territories on securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	170718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements is clear. The UK does not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) as part of Israel.</p><p> </p><p>This has been long established policy since 1967 and was reconfirmed recently at the UN security council.</p><p> </p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 170719 question first answered 29/03/2023 15:44:03 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova