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1588072

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recent Arts Council England funding decisions for National Portfolio Organisations 2023-26, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of basing those decisions on the postcode of an organisation’s office rather than the postcode of the work being delivered on levelling up outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	150433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>In line with its published guidance, Arts Council England considered both where organisations were based and where they were planning to deliver their activity in its assessments and decision-making for its 2023–6 Investment Programme, just as it did for previous rounds. This included consideration of the impact of investment on Priority Places, Levelling Up for Culture Places, places of historically low Arts Council investment, places of historically low cultural engagement, and the spread across the country and between rural areas, towns, and cities, as well as other balancing criteria unrelated to geography.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/02/2023 14:52:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1588073

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has successfully applied for a parent's bank or building society account to be frozen as part of enforcement action for the collection of child maintenance in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	150542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service may apply a Lump Deduction Order on a paying parent’s bank or building society as part of enforcement action. A Lump Deduction Order will freeze only the amount of maintenance due. If the account holds funds in excess of the maintenance owed, the proportion of funds not owed in child maintenance would not be frozen.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on enforcement actions for the Child Maintenance Service. The latest statistics are available up to September 2022 and are available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2022-experimental" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The available statistics for enforcement actions used by the CMS from April 2015 to September 2022 in relation to Lump Sum Deduction can be found in ‘Table 7.1: Enforcement Actions’ of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123498/national-tables-child-maintenance-service-to-september-2022.ods" target="_blank">National tables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 15:49:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1588074

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has successfully applied to register details of a parent's debt on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines as part of enforcement action for the collection of child maintenance in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	150543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) continues to take rigorous action to collect maintenance, combining robust negotiation activity with the highly effective use of its extensive range of Enforcement Powers.</p><p> </p><p>An application to the courts for a liability order once granted brings a range of legal actions we can take to collect the child maintenance:</p><p> </p><ul><li>asking bailiffs to negotiate a payment, or to seize and sell a paying parent’s belongings</li><li>registering a paying parent’s debt on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines, making it difficult for them to get a mortgage, loan or credit card. This option is not regularly taken by the Child Maintenance Service and applied only to those in financial service positions.</li><li>using an ‘order for sale’ to sell a paying parent’s property or assets, and taking the proceeds from the sale</li><li>sending the paying parent to prison</li><li>stopping the paying parent getting or keeping a driving licence</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DWP publishes quarterly statistics on enforcement actions for the Child Maintenance Service Statistics (experimental).</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics are available up to September 2022 and are available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2022-experimental" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The available statistics for enforcement actions used by the CMS from April 2015 to September 2022 can be found in ‘Table 7.1: Enforcement Actions’ of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123498/national-tables-child-maintenance-service-to-september-2022.ods" target="_blank">National tables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 15:47:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1588075

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to significantly reduce the cost of (a) an initial and (b) a renewal application for a child's passport.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	150405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Passport fees are set to recover the full cost of providing the service in line with HM Treasury Managing Public Money Guidance. Fees are reviewed annually to ensure compliance with that guidance and at this stage there are no plans to reduce the fee charged for children’s passports.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/02/2023 17:53:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1588076

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made of an assessment of the feasibility of introducing secondary legislation to require drivers to stop and report an accident with a cat.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	150674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>It would not be possible to do this without amendment to primary legislation.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 28/02/2023 16:10:56 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1588077

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Housing: Insulation
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 steps he is taking to accelerate home insulation measures ahead of winter 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is investing £6.6 billion over this parliament on decarbonising heat and energy efficiency measures and intends to launch the ECO+ scheme around spring 2023 running until March 2026 to provide further support for households to reduce their energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022 a zero-rate of VAT was introduced on energy efficiency measures, and the Government launched a digitally led service ‘find ways to save energy in your home' (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fimprove-energy-efficiency&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cc995ceef999246d541e608db1a746355%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638132859399599656%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=W8zrSQJ3zU1k8qMM7m8wKDMUCTQa7VXvvPZTfm46fpo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency</a>). The site provides guidance helping consumers make their homes greener and cheaper to run, supported by a call centre for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2023 16:07:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1588078

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Carbon Emissions
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 he has made of the efficacy of local and central government frameworks in achieving the Government's net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that local authorities can, and do, play a role in driving local climate action, with significant influence in many of the national priorities across energy, housing, and transport, which will be needed to achieve net zero.</p><p>Through the Local Net Zero Forum the Government is working with local authority representative organisations to discuss key local net zero policy and delivery issues.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2023 16:07:35 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1588079

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Health Services: Watford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any subsequent legal agreements have been reached to change the original (a) obligations and (b) rights applying to the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as set out in the June 2013 agreement for the Watford Health Campus Partnership LLP.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	150419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts own their own land and buildings and are responsible for the sale or disposal of identified assets. Trusts work with integrated care boards, including the local authority and NHS England, on planning and optimising their estate.</p><p>The NHS has advised that the arrangement between West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Watford Borough Council and Kier was signed in 2013 and has a termination date of 2033 unless otherwise agreed by the parties. The housing regeneration is ongoing, and the hospital redevelopment is now part of the New Hospital Programme.</p><p>The Trust will make contributions to infrastructure costs as the work progresses and details of these will be made public in the normal way. To date, a £7 million contribution has been made by the Trust to the development of Thomas Sawyer Way, an access road which has an ambulance-only section, as well as access for staff, patients, and visitors to the new multi-storey car park. There have been no subsequent legal agreements which have changed either the original obligations or the rights applying to the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 148560 148561 question first answered 01/03/2023 11:51:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1588080

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to take steps to increase public procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the single buyer agreement for public sector food on levels of spend with SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	150506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>We are increasing opportunities for SMEs in a variety of ways - from transparently publishing contract pipelines to simplifying bidding processes. The new procurement regime this Conservative government is putting in place with our new freedoms outside the European Union will create a simpler and significantly more transparent system that will further open up public procurement to SMEs so that they can compete for and win more public contracts.</p><p>The latest procurement figures for 2020/21 show that £19.3bn was paid to SMEs to help deliver vital public services. This figure is an increase of £3.7bn on the previous year and the highest since a Conservative led Government began recording the amount spent on SMEs in 2013, something not done under the last Labour government.</p><p>SMEs in the food supply chain have been consulted as part of supplier engagement activities for the proposed Buying Better Foods framework. Feedback from these activities shaped the procurement strategy for the framework agreement. SME producers will have increased opportunities to work with the public sector.</p><p>Customers will be able to request nominated local products (subject to the local supplier/producer meeting the minimum technical standards). These products would be consolidated into a single delivery with their food order. This is in addition to the SME’s already supplying the Wholesale market. This agreement will further support SMEs as KPIs will be established within the procurement evaluation to establish and monitor SME participation with action plans for growth; giving more data and transparency within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 150421 150423 question first answered 27/02/2023 18:55:11 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1588081

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Abdullah al-Huwaiti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he raised the case of Abdullah al-Howaiti with his Saudi counterpart during his visit to Riyadh last week; and whether he has called for al-Howaiti’s release following the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in his case.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office human rights priority country, in part because of the increased use of the death penalty. The FCDO is carefully monitoring the case of Abdullah Al-Howaiti. The Minister responsible for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, has raised the case on multiple occasions with the Saudi authorities, most recently in December 2022. During his visit in February, Lord Ahmad discussed a range of human rights issues, including the death penalty. We will continue to monitor and raise the case of Abdullah Al-Howaiti.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 02/03/2023 14:44:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon