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1237569

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
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	Universal Credit: Huddersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children have received the £20 per week uplift in universal credit standard allowance payments in Huddersfield in each month since that uplift was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households with children with Universal Credit in payment, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 95171 95186 95220 question first answered 28/09/2020 12:17:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1237039

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Greek Islands: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to publish the (a) data and (b) evidential basis for the Government's decision-making on including the Greek islands on the UK's quarantine list during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	94335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes a range of factors into account when deciding which countries to add or remove from the Travel Corridor list. This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>an estimate of the proportion of the population that is currently infectious in each country</li><li>virus incidence rates and rates of change</li><li>trends in incidence and deaths</li><li>transmission status and international epidemic intelligence</li><li>information on a country’s testing capacity, testing regime and test positivity rate</li><li>an assessment of the quality of the data available</li><li>effectiveness of measures being deployed by a country</li><li>volume of travel between the UK and that country</li></ul><p>​</p><p>As this remains a relatively new virus, data about global infection rates and the trajectory of the disease are not always consistent or predictable between countries. That is why each destination is considered on an individual basis, and taken together, the different factors provide a risk assessment that allows Ministers to decide whether a country needs to be removed from the travel corridors list.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the Secretary of State for Transport’s Written Ministerial Statement on travel corridors made on 6 June 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 01/10/2020 10:35:31 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236565

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of buses running public routes in the UK are using (a) diesel and (b) petrol engines.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	93523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Data on the fuel type used by buses running public routes in the UK is not available. However, at the end of 2019, for all licensed buses &amp; coaches (including minibuses) in the UK, (a) 97% used diesel engines and (b) 2% used petrol engines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 30/09/2020 14:48:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236566

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the economic viability of electric buses.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	93524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government will use the £50 million All-Electric Bus Town pilot to put in place new infrastructure and work with local authorities to understand what can be achieved when there is a real commitment to move all buses in a place to electric zero emission. This is to better recognise the challenges of running a wholly electric bus fleet and obtain better insight into the impact that an electric fleet can have on running costs for bus operators.</p><p> </p><p>The £5 billion of new funding to overhaul bus and cycle links for regions outside London will include investment for at least 4,000 British built new zero emission buses, which may include electric buses.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 30/09/2020 16:13:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236567

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the development of hydrogen technology and how it could be applied to public transport.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	93525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>In 2018, the Department for Transport published the outputs of the Transport Energy Model. The model provides a clear assessment of the relative environmental impacts, including on greenhouse gas emissions and air quality, of a range of fuel and powertrain options for cars, vans, buses and heavy goods vehicles over the period to 2050, including hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Transport Secretary is exploring options for green hydrogen in transport across freight, buses, trains, maritime and aviation and how the UK can lead the world in its deployment and use. Further details will follow in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/09/2020 12:20:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1235881

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to increase the number of people applying to join the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	906267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Interest in the Armed Forces has been strong over the last recruiting year with 2019-20 seeing intake increase by 31%.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment campaigns and the advertising that accompanies them continues as planned. There is a Covid-related reduction in basic training capacity but all three Services are looking to work around this. Most notably, we’ve seen sailors passing out alongside their officers at BRNC Dartmouth last month.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:40:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236036

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to CPS data summary Quarter 4 2019-2020, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for the decline in rape prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	92683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Over the last financial year 2019-20 the charging rate increased by over 10% and there was a 6.2% rise in the volume of rape cases proceeding to prosecution following a decision to charge. Although this is a promising trend which the CPS is seeking to maintain, there is clearly more to be done.</p><p>The reasons behind the recent declines in prosecutions are complex and a whole system approach is necessary to address them. There is ongoing work to improve the handling of these sensitive cases and narrow the disparity between offences reported and cases going to court.</p><p> </p><p>In July the CPS published its own rape strategy, the first of its kind for any department. There is also an ongoing cross-Government review of the criminal justice response to rape. This is examining evidence across the system about the causes of the falls in outcomes for rape and identifying solutions to reverse the trend. The CPS is actively engaged in this review and will address any issues raised honestly and openly.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/09/2020 08:31:53 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236061

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequate provision of mental health services for young people.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	92684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time. Our community, talking therapies and children and young people’s services have deployed innovative digital tool to connect with people and provide ongoing support. For those with severe needs or in crisis, all NHS mental health providers have established 24 hours a day, seven days a week mental health crisis lines.</p><p>On 8 September, the Government launched a mental wellbeing campaign for children and young people. This involves an extension of Public Health England’s Every Mind Matters webpage with content specifically for children and young people and their parents and carers.</p><p>We are taking action to ensure that children and young people have access to support in schools. Our £8 million Wellbeing for Education Return programme will provide schools and colleges all over England with the knowledge and access to resources they need to support children and young people, teachers and parents.</p><p>We remain committed to investing at least £2.3 billion of extra funding a year into mental health services by 2023-24 through the NHS Long Term Plan. This funding underpins our aim for an additional 345,000 children and young people to be able to access support through NHS-funded services or school- and college-based mental health support teams.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 92686 question first answered 06/10/2020 15:51:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236062

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that treatment options for mental health conditions has parity with treatment options available for physical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	92685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The provision of mental health services remains a priority for this Government.</p><p>We are committed to achieving our NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for service transformation and expansion, backed by investment of £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24. The service expansion will cover different age groups and different diagnoses which involve a number of treatment options appropriate to the individual circumstances.</p><p>The Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/34 provides a framework to ensure delivery on this commitment at the local level.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/09/2020 13:59:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1236063

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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 steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people with mental health conditions receive the support they need throughout the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	92686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time. Our community, talking therapies and children and young people’s services have deployed innovative digital tool to connect with people and provide ongoing support. For those with severe needs or in crisis, all NHS mental health providers have established 24 hours a day, seven days a week mental health crisis lines.</p><p>On 8 September, the Government launched a mental wellbeing campaign for children and young people. This involves an extension of Public Health England’s Every Mind Matters webpage with content specifically for children and young people and their parents and carers.</p><p>We are taking action to ensure that children and young people have access to support in schools. Our £8 million Wellbeing for Education Return programme will provide schools and colleges all over England with the knowledge and access to resources they need to support children and young people, teachers and parents.</p><p>We remain committed to investing at least £2.3 billion of extra funding a year into mental health services by 2023-24 through the NHS Long Term Plan. This funding underpins our aim for an additional 345,000 children and young people to be able to access support through NHS-funded services or school- and college-based mental health support teams.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 92684 question first answered 06/10/2020 15:51:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman