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1660938

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Seismic Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when was the last occasion on which information from the Eskdalemuir Array was used to inform policy.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Eskdalemuir Array is a commitment made by the United Kingdom to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Its monitoring for nuclear tests continually contributes to Government policy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/10/2023 14:29:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1660939

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
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 she has received the correspondence sent by the hon. Member for Halifax on 6 April 2023 with reference ZA35937.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	199753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 13 June.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/10/2023 07:50:09 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1660940

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
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 trends in the number of individuals applying for apprenticeships in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>​​Apprenticeships offer a high-quality and popular route into over 680 occupations, from entry level to expert roles.</p><p>​The below table shows the number of apprenticeship vacancies advertised on the Find An Apprenticeship (FAA) service in each of the last five academic years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>​Academic year</p></td><td><p>​Vacancies posted</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​2018/19</p></td><td><p>​151,720</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​2019/20</p></td><td><p>​98,530</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​2020/21</p></td><td><p>​134,460</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​2021/22</p></td><td><p>​189,430</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​2022/23</p></td><td><p>​165,760</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>​</p><p>​669,450 applications were submitted through FAA in the 2022/23 academic year, and 681,090 applications were submitted in 2021/22. Due to the data protection policy in place prior to 2021/22, the department does not hold an accurate record of the number of applications submitted between 2018/19 and 2020/21.</p><p>​Employers can choose to advertise apprenticeship vacancies through their own websites, recruitment agencies, or local job centre, instead of, or in addition to FAA. As a result the actual number of apprenticeship vacancies and applications will be higher.</p><p>​The department is encouraged to see consistent and strong demand for apprenticeships, and are committed to supporting more employers and individuals to benefit from the high-quality training that apprenticeships offer.</p><p>​Flexible training models have been created, like flexi-job and accelerated apprenticeships, to make apprenticeships accessible for all sectors, and have developed career starter standards to attract more young people to apprenticeships.</p><p>​The department is also providing an additional £40 million over the next two years to support degree apprenticeship providers to expand and help more people access this provision, on top of our £8 million investment in 2022/23.​</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 16/10/2023 11:31:40 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660941

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Sizewell C Power Station: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 195847 on Sizewell C Power Station: Construction, if she will issue a breakdown of all Sizewell C projects the Government has provided public investment for in financial year 2021-22; and what the Government's planned expenditure on Sizewell C in financial year 2022-2023 is.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	199713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>For financial year 2021-22, an investment of £100m by EDF in the Sizewell C project in January 2022 was provided by the Government through the Combined Option Agreement. In the same financial year, the Government provided a further £0.24m of innovation funding in 2021/22 to Sizewell C, together with partner organisations, through Phase 1 of the Direct Air Capture and other Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies competition, part of the Government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>In the financial year 2022-23, the Government’s planned expenditure on developing the Sizewell C project is £860m, with a further £0.5m provided as part of Phase 2 of the Direct Air Capture and other Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies competition.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 25/09/2023 09:27:24 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1660942

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: USA
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 12 September 2023 to Question 198296 on Driving Licences: USA, whether his Department has exchanged any other communication with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators since December 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>I have recently written to the Chairman of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, inviting the organisation to facilitate discussions relating to the potential for reciprocal arrangements for driving licence exchange.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/10/2023 12:46:27 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660943

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Forests: Commodities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether statutory provisions are in place to prohibit legal deforestation where commodities have been produced legally in the country of origin but have caused significant damage to the environment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK plays a leading role in supporting global efforts to protect and restore forest landscapes, driving international action to tackle deforestation and ensure forests are sustainably managed. This effort is underpinned by a commitment of £1.5 billion to international forests between 2021 and 2026.</p><p> </p><p>This package of work includes new due diligence legislation through the Environment Act 2021 to tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. Our law will make it illegal for larger businesses operating in the UK to use key forest risk commodities produced on land illegally occupied or used. Businesses in scope will also be required to undertake a due diligence exercise on their supply chains, and to report on this exercise annually.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot shift to sustainable supply chains alone – it must be a collective effort between consumers and producers globally. This issue is central to the UK’s commitment to tackling the twin challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. Our approach to due diligence is based on compliance with the relevant local laws of producer countries. Our aim is to work with producer countries and support their efforts to uphold their laws and strengthen environmental protection. We believe this approach – which supports the efforts of government in the countries where these products are grown - provides the best path to long-term sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>We also continue to work with consumer and producer country partners in forums such as the Forest, Agriculture, and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue, which the UK and Indonesia launched together as co-chairs in 2021. The FACT Dialogue convenes 28 major producers and consumers of internationally traded agricultural commodities to agree principles for collaboration and developed a Roadmap of actions which was launched at COP26, to protect forests and other ecosystems while promoting sustainable trade and development, in a way that respects all countries’ interests.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 16/10/2023 09:10:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1660944

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Online Capability Centre: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled new tech partnership to stop the boats, published 6 August 2023, whether social media companies are providing funding for Online Capability Centre.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	199698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Officials and law enforcement work alongside social media companies in the OCC to identify harmful OIC content on their platforms and remove it as quickly as possible. Social media companies are not providing any funding for the centre. Funding for the Online Capability Centre is provided as part of Project Invigor. In December 2023, as part of the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan, it was announced that the funding available for Project Invigor was to be doubled for the next two financial years (2023-24 and 2024-25) Officials and law enforcement will work alongside social media companies in the OCC and continue with engagement (similar to the Social Media Action Plan) to identify harmful OIC content on the companies platforms and work together to proactively remove it as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/09/2023 15:02:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1660945

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Dental Services
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 and what proportion of dental practices are accepting NHS patients per Integrated care system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	199797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. National Health Service dental practice profiles at NHS.UK show whether practices across England are currently accepting new patients. This information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/09/2023 14:21:00 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1660946

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her French counterpart on the potential merits of preventing small boats from crossing the Channel by intercepting them mid-journey.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	199757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and I engage regularly with our French counterparts on the issue of small boat crossings.</p><p>Our joint work with France saw nearly 33,000 crossings prevented in 2022, 40% more than in 2021, and so far in 2023 a further 15,000 migrants have failed to reach our shores on small boats. Alongside this, since July 2020, the UK-France Joint Intelligence Cell (JIC) and French law enforcement partners have dismantled 82 organised crime groups linked to small boats. In 2022 alone, the JIC and French law enforcement partners secured the arrest of around 400 people smugglers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/09/2023 15:03:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1660947

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use artificial intelligence to help (a) predict and (b) prevent incidents of (i) rape and (ii) other sexual assaults.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	199758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Rape and sexual violence are devastating crimes that can have a long-lasting impact on victims. Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence is a key priority for this Government.</p><p>The Home Office is working across government and with operational partners to develop our understanding of the threats and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. The Home Office is also actively exploring and investigating options to use AI to both prevent and detect crime, including rape and sexual assault.</p><p>To help improve the police response to these crimes, we invested £9.4 million (2021-23) in Operation Soteria to develop a new National Operating Model for the investigation of rape. Frontline policing and academics across 19 forces were bought together to test new tools and techniques which form this new approach, and all forces in England and Wales are now implementing it.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/09/2023 14:24:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns