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1639614

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Apprentices: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of the National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate on the ability of apprentices to afford (a) housing and (b) food in (i) Putney constituency and (ii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	186540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>On 1 April 2023, the Apprentice National Minimum Wage (ANMW) rate increased by 9.7% to £5.28. This is an above inflation increase and worth over £850 a year before tax for a full-time apprentice.</p><p>The ANMW is designed and set at a rate that acknowledges the particular costs for employers and benefits for young people involved in the provision of apprenticeships and which does not adversely affect apprenticeship opportunities in the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a full impact assessment on gov.uk that assesses the regional impacts of the National Minimum Wage increases.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 05/06/2023 11:12:17 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1639767

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World Heritage Sites: Cayman Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is providing to the Cayman Islands to help them achieve UNESCO World Heritage status.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is actively engaging with all the five new sites on the UK's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, including The Little Cayman Marine Parks and Protected Areas. We are also coordinating engagement between the sites and the Government's expert advisers on cultural and natural heritage — Historic England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. This is to ensure that all sites receive the advice and support they need to develop their World Heritage nomination.</p><p>Sites on the new Tentative List are expected to submit their nominations to become a World Heritage Site to UNESCO, where they will be examined by the World Heritage Committee, which will make the final decision on whether to inscribe the site on the World Heritage List.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 31/05/2023 08:24:43 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639779

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure semiconductor manufacturing is distributed equitably across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	186379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK is home to significant semiconductor companies across sub-sectors, including in key parts of the supply chain such as wafer production and manufacturing tools. There are currently around 25 semiconductor manufacturing sites in the UK, distributed throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. These capabilities vary in output and complexity.</p><p>The UK is also home to the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult. The Catapult is a very strong example of government, industry and academia working together and it has now initiated over £160 million of projects, working with over 100 companies across the UK developing advanced electronic products. The Catapult has built an impressive record of generating industrial collaborations to commercialise its research, including through compound semiconductor manufacturing. The Catapult will expand its operations in 2023, opening UK facilities to support regional clusters developing satellite communications and future telecom networks.</p><p>On Friday 19 May the Government announced its new National Semiconductor Strategy. Through the Strategy we announced an investment of up to £200 million over the years 2023-25 and up to £1 billion in the next decade.</p><p>This builds upon significant support for high-tech enterprise including a £500 million per year package of support for R&amp;D intensive businesses through changes to R&amp;D tax credits announced in the Spring Budget and through ‘full expensing’ for companies incurring qualifying expenditure on the provision of new plant and machinery.</p><p>In addition, this government has already provided funding for both research and innovation in semiconductor technology. Through Innovate UK, we have distributed £214 million of grants over the last 10 years directly to SMEs in the semiconductor sector.</p><p>However, we want to do more to support businesses big and small, and in every part of the sector, to pursue opportunities within the sector that build on our proud history of innovation and strong foundations in this vital technology.</p><p>We will announce plans by the autumn to further support the competitiveness of the semiconductor manufacturing sector that is critical to the UK tech ecosystem or the UK’s national security.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/06/2023 10:50:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1639262

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to provide funding for the London Air Ambulance to purchase two new helicopters.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	186031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Air ambulances are not directly funded by the National Health Service. However, the Government has provided significant and sustained support to the sector. In 2019, the Department launched a three year capital grant programme which allocated £10 million to nine air ambulance charities across England, of which London’s Air Ambulance Charity and Barts Health NHS Trust received £1,393,552.</p><p>In addition, the Department provided £6 million of COVID-19 emergency funding to all 21 air ambulance charities across the United Kingdom, to ensure that each charity could continue to provide their life-saving services during the pandemic. London’s Air Ambulance Charity received £252,500 of this funding.</p><p>There are no current plans to provide further funding to the sector which operates through a longstanding and successful charitable model.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 185876 186101 question first answered 25/05/2023 16:09:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1639290

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Wetlands: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the monetary value of the benefits delivered by urban wetlands.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	186173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Questions of 22 May are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 186171 question first answered 31/05/2023 12:02:52 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ186171_186173.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1629043

registered interest
date	19/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Technology: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has allocated for (a) marketing and (b) related activities for the Unicorn Kingdom campaign in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	185989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office publishes expenditure, including on the GREAT campaign, on a rolling monthly basis on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> as part of routine government transparency arrangements. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 185988 question first answered 24/05/2023 18:36:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1628491

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Palm Oil: Animal Feed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the percentage of palm-derived ingredients used for animal feed in the UK that originate from sustainable palm oil.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	185551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not made this assessment. However, the Government is committed to supporting the sustainable production, import and use of commodities, including palm oil. The Government established the UK Roundtable on Sourcing Sustainable Palm Oil in 2012, bringing together British businesses and supporting them to shift to sustainable palm oil supply chains. In 2021, 72% of all palm and palm kernel oil imports into the UK were certified sustainable, up from 16% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Wanting to go further, the UK Government has introduced world-leading due diligence legislation through the Environment Act to help tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. This new law will make it illegal for larger businesses operating in the United Kingdom to use key forest risk commodities produced on land illegally occupied or used. We ran a consultation from 3 December 2021 to 11 March 2022 to seek views on the details of regulations that will implement the Environment Act provisions, to ensure that these are designed effectively. The Government published a summary of responses to this consultation on 1 June 2022 and is committed to implementing due diligence provisions at the earliest opportunity through secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work in partnership with countries which produce palm oil and other stakeholders, to incentivise sustainable palm oil production.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 22/05/2023 15:52:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1628895

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the information on available grid capacity on the introduction of depot charging facilities at logistics sites.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	185781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem is responsible for regulating networks so that they are ready for future energy needs, through the price control process. Under the most recent price control, covering 2023-2038, electricity distribution network operators submitted business plans that took account of capacity needs in their areas, including from electric vehicle charging at depots and other locations. Ofgem has allowed £22.2bn for investment in distribution networks in this period, including £3.1bn for network upgrades to enable technologies, like charging depots, to join the grid.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 23/05/2023 09:34:01 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1628902

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Victoria Tower: Flags
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has had discussions with its counterparts in the House of Lords on arrangements for illuminating the Union Flag at the top of Victoria Tower.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	185861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>There have been no discussions on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 23/05/2023 16:22:25 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1628432

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	Waste: Recycling
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 his Department have set targets for the proportion of waste that is (a) recycled and (b) reused.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	185504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s target for the proportion of waste recycled is 70%, as set out in the Greening Government Commitments. There is no specific target for the proportion of waste to be reused.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/05/2023 16:24:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy