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1349407

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date	22/07/2021
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	Homebase: Richmond Upon Thames
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the developer’s proposals for the Homebase, Manor Road application, GLA ref: 4795.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Government policy is to continue to be very selective about calling in planning applications and, in general, only if planning issues of more than local importance are involved.</p><p>This application was considered against the call in policy as set out in the <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121026/wmstext/121026m0001.htm#12102628000003" target="_blank">Written Ministerial Statement of 26 October 2012, <em>special report</em>, Column 72WS</a>, and after carefully considering the issues raised, it was decided that intervention would not be justified.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 15:03:07 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349408

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide further support to the DVLA to reduce the backlog of expired driving licences that are awaiting for renewal; and if he will further extend expired driving licences until that backlog has been reduced.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) online services are the quickest and easiest way to renew a driving licence. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their driving licence within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application for a driving licence. The DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day which must be dealt with in person. Ongoing industrial action by members of the Public and Commercial Services union is leading to delays for customers who make paper applications.</p><p>The DVLA continues to look into opportunities to reduce the backlog and Ministers regularly review progress. The DVLA has been developing additional new online services and recruiting additional staff. The DVLA is exploring the possibility of securing extra office space to house more staff to work predominantly on driver’s medical casework and queries. This will be surge capacity accommodation and resource to help reduce backlogs while providing future resilience and business continuity.</p><p>Currently, paper applications are likely to take between six and ten weeks to process. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed as part of a driving licence application. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>All driving licences that expired between 1 February and 31 December 2020 were extended for 11 months to help drivers at the height of the pandemic. There are no plans to introduce any further extension to driving licences.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/09/2021 11:07:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349409

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Cards: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the continued use of payment card interchange fees in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) was established in 2015 with statutory objectives to promote competition, innovation and the interests of service users in payment systems, including card payment systems, with powers of supervision and enforcement in support of these objectives.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to interchange fees, the Government has legislated to ensure that these fees remain capped for UK domestic card transactions, where both the card issuer and acquirer are located in the UK, through the Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The levels of UK interchange fee caps are at the same levels as before the end of the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/09/2021 12:49:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349412

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding through the Government's long-term education recovery plan; and what recent representations he has received from stakeholders in the education sector on the extent to which that Government funding will ensure educational recovery for children who have lost learning as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department has invested £3 billion in education recovery to help tackle the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Pupils, students, parents and staff have all experienced major disruption, and we realise that continuous action is required to ensure a strong recovery in nurseries, schools and colleges.</p><p>The Department has also invested more than £400 million to provide laptops, tablets and internet access to ensure that children could be taught remotely when required. Alongside this, we have supported the Oak National Academy, helping schools to provide high quality online lessons.</p><p>Ministers and officials have engaged extensively in recent months with a wide range of stakeholders on the approach to education recovery. The Department looks forward to continuing to engage with the sector and stakeholders on all aspects of the education recovery package, to ensure its effective implementation.</p><p>This Government has committed to an ambitious, long-term education recovery plan and the next stage will include a review of time spent in school and college and the impact this could have on helping children and young people to catch up. The findings of the review will be set out in the coming months to inform the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/09/2021 09:04:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349413

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has a policy on the level of violence within a country that would result in the UK Government not (a) entering or (b) continuing negotiations on a potential trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>More trade need not come at the expense of our values. We will continue to take a balanced and proportionate approach with international trading partners.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 07/09/2021 16:57:50 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349415

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Dementia: Research
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 the Government is taking to ensure that funding continues to be available for dementia research.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including dementia. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p>We are currently exploring ways to significantly boost further research on dementia, including medical and care interventions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/09/2021 11:18:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349484

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Solar Power
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 steps his Department is taking to (a) facilitate and (b) encourage the roll-out of solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Solar is a key part of the government’s strategy for low-cost decarbonisation of the energy sector. Achieving our ambitious 2050 Net Zero target will require significant increases in renewable electricity generation, and we will need to increase deployment across a range of technologies, including solar PV.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, we have quadrupled the electricity we generate from renewables – installing 99% of the UK’s solar capacity and over 800,000 installations – exceeding out historic projections on solar PV deployment. We now have over 13.3GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, which is enough to power over 3 million homes.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/09/2021 15:28:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349487

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Public Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of Heathrow Airport Holdings on the provision of subsidised public transport for airport workers.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>In recognition of the challenging times that the aviation sector continues to face due to Covid-19, Ministers have kept an open dialogue with UK airports, including Heathrow.</p><p>The issue of the provision of subsidised public transport for airport workers at Heathrow is a matter for the airport operator.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 06/09/2021 10:51:23 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349490

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Health: Children
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 ensure that the 0 to19 Public Health Nursing Service continues to support the delivery of the Government's Healthy Child Programme in Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Local delivery models for the Healthy Child Programme vary and local authorities are encouraged to use the national commissioning guidance. We will continue to work with the Local Government Association, professional bodies and locally through Public Health England centres, to share evidence and guidance that allows councils to make the best decisions to meet local need.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 06/09/2021 11:26:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1348767

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support people affected by the famine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and what steps his Department plans to take to support those people so affected in that country in the future.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	36718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Preventing famine is one of the UK's top priorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since 2017, UK aid has provided 1.97 million people with food aid, cash and vouchers to reduce food insecurity and treated over 300,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition in DRC. The UK's Special Envoy for Famine Prevention, Nick Dyer, visited DRC in July to discuss with the Government of DRC and the humanitarian community how best to tackle the crisis. I also discussed the importance of tackling the humanitarian situation when I visited DRC in November 2020. This included my discussions with President Tshisekedi during my visit, and again during our telephone call in March. Over the coming year, the UK will continue to prioritise humanitarian assistance for food insecure people and malnourished children and work with the Congolese Government and international partners to address the underlying causes of the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/09/2021 15:10:50 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney