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1309011

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Marine Environment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, Gove calls for 30 per cent of world’s oceans to be protected by 2030, published 24 September 2018, how protected oceans will be (a) maintained and (b) enforced as no fishing zones; and how that enforcement is planned to be funded.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	181089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader on ocean protection. The UK is championing a target to protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030 and working to secure its adoption at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of Parties later this year where the post-2020 global biodiversity framework will be adopted. In support of this target, the UK leads the Global Ocean Alliance and is the Ocean Co-Chair (alongside France and Costa Rica) of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People.</p><p> </p><p>We are also playing an active role in negotiations to conclude a new agreement, under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (“the BBNJ Agreement”). We are pressing for an ambitious BBNJ Agreement to be concluded this year that includes provisions for the designation of globally recognised Marine Protected Areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>The UK believes the whole ocean should be sustainably managed to allow the marine environment and sustainable marine economies to thrive. Effective MPAs can cover a range of protection measures including highly protected no-catch sites and those that deliver conservation outcomes alongside sustainable economic activities.</p><p> </p><p>Accountability with effective planning, reporting and review mechanisms will be essential to delivering the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. That is why the UK, in partnership with Norway, is leading a programme of workshops to provide space for discussions between Parties to enhance planning, reporting and review mechanisms to strengthen the implementation mechanisms of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and the CBD.</p><p> </p><p>To deliver on an ambitious the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, it is essential that the framework is supported by a global uplift in financing for nature and capacity-building. Mobilising resources from all sources (public and private), and at all levels (domestic and international) will be vital to supporting implementation of the goals and targets.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a major contributor to the Global Environment Facility and wants to see it become the Financial Mechanism for the BBNJ Agreement as it is for the CBD. The UK’s new Blue Planet Fund will also provide additional support for marine and ocean protection for developing countries, complementing the successes of the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme and Blue Belt Programme for UK Overseas Territories.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:40:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1309097

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the number of people choosing to migrate to the UK from Hong Kong on the availability of affordable housing; and what steps he is taking to ensure that an increase in demand for that housing does not lead to a lack of affordable housing stock for people who need it.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	181091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>We are proud to welcome those arriving from Hong Kong who have strong cultural and historical ties to the UK. The Government’s new visa route is a generous offer to Hong Kong BN(O) status holders and their family members, who in turn will be expected to be self-sufficient and contribute to UK society.</p><p>Approximately 27,000 BN(O) status holders and their family members have applied for a visa since January – this number reflects applications rather than visa holders. The evidence from the Home Office’s Impact Assessment published in October 2020 suggests this visa will have a net positive impact on the UK of between £2.4 and £2.9 billion over 5 years.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow.</p><p>Further to this, the Secretary of State announced a new £43.1 million UK wide welcome programme to support Hong Kong BN(O) status holders. This will provide support for BN(O) status holders and reduce impacts on resident communities</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 21/04/2021 13:50:15 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1307062

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Internet: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential discretionary effect of the requirement by many online services for a mobile telephone number on elderly people using those services who rely on a landline telephone.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	179367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Service Standard requires all government services to only ask for a phone number or mobile phone number if essential, and that there should always be an alternative channel available to the user who does not have a computer, mobile phone, or access to the internet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/04/2021 15:55:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1289722

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Chess
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's roadmap to ease covid-19 lockdown restrictions, published on 22 February 2021, what his planned timescale is for permitting (a) chess clubs and (b) chess competitions to resume their activities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	158160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>On 22 February the Government published it's 'COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021' roadmap to recovery.</p><p>Chess clubs and other social clubs can take place in line with the social contact limits at each step.</p><p>In regards to chess competitions, indoor events that bring people from different households together must not run until Step 3 (no earlier than 17th May), unless there is an explicit exemption. However, from 29 March we will allow limited gatherings outdoors of up to 6 people, or in a larger group if everyone present is from the same two households. A ‘household’ can include the support bubble linked to that household [if eligible].</p><p>The design of the roadmap has been informed by the latest scientific evidence and seeks a balance between our key social and economic priorities, whilst preserving the health and safety of our country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/03/2021 17:38:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1289038

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department can provide to UK-based, French-owned companies who no longer benefit from French research and development tax credits for UK-based work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Firms within the charge to UK corporation tax, which undertake qualifying R&amp;D, may be able to claim R&amp;D tax reliefs via the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) or the Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) R&amp;D Relief.</p><p> </p><p>Combined, these reliefs provided £5.1 billion of support to nearly 60,000 businesses in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/03/2021 13:45:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1281271

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the delivery of the Industrial Strategy in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020 and (e) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	144819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. The Industrial Strategy spans a wide array of policy areas across multiple government departments, agencies and bodies, including the Cabinet Office of which the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 144805 question first answered 10/02/2021 17:46:12 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1260375

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Future Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how long on average Future Fund applications have taken to process.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	128227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The average time taken to process Future Fund applications is shown in the table below.</p><p>The number of days starts when matched funding was approved and finishes when the convertible loan was executed. The elapsed time depends on the actions of companies and investors as well as the managers of the Future Fund. The quickest application to date was completed in 9 days.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average time taken (days)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To note, averages for October and November are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/12/2020 14:38:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1259716

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the letter on Climate Assembly UK he received from six select committee Chairs dated 10 September 2020, whether he plans to publish a response before Christmas 2020 to the recommendations of Climate Assembly UK’s report entitled, The Path to Net Zero, published on 10 September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	127619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spoke at the launch event of the Climate Assembly UK report on 10 September and welcomed its findings. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister responded to both the interim and the final Climate Assembly UK reports via letters to the six select committees.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with Climate Assembly UK to ensure that government departments are familiar with their findings. We invited the Climate Assembly UK’s expert leads to present the recommendations via seven briefings for officials from across government that took place between 14 and 24 September and covered all the policy areas discussed in the report.</p><p> </p><p>The report’s recommendations are an important part of the evidence base for developing the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, which will be published in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:09:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1252184

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review public health guidance on driving instruction to permit practical lessons to continue for key workers during covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	115776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>To help stop the spread of coronavirus and save lives it is vital that approved driving instructors respect the national restrictions in England, reduce day-to-day contact with others, and not carry out driver training. Pupils can still have private practice using their own car providing they and the supervising driver are from the same household and it is travel for work, education or for other legally permitted exemptions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In line with the Government’s national restrictions, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has suspended practical driver testing in England until Thursday 3 December 2020. Given the short period of time the new restrictions are in place, the DVSA will not be offering a critical worker priority service, but the agency will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/11/2020 09:40:44 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1241692

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
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	State Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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 assessment he has made of the compliance of the State Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 under powers conferred by section 8(1) and section 8C(1) and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, with the Government policy as set out in the White Paper on Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union that the Act will not aim to make major changes in policy or to establish new legal frameworks in the UK beyond those that are necessary to ensure the law continues to function properly from day one.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	101050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The State Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 are being made using the powers in the European Union (Withdrawal Act) 2018 (as amended). These powers include those intended to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively or other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the transition period, the EU law on state aid which would otherwise be retained by the Withdrawal Act would contain fundamental deficiencies which would make it inoperable in the UK. In accordance with the requirements of the Withdrawal Act, the instrument is doing no more than is appropriate to address those deficiencies.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/10/2020 16:41:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones