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1588533

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Iron and Steel: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of ArcelorMittal’s acquisition of John Lawrie Metals Ltd in March 2022 on the level of scrap steel that will be diverted out of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	151273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK has an abundance of scrap steel, generating 11.3 million tonnes per year and recycling around 2.6 million tonnes domestically[1]. We do not expect the March 2022 commercial acquisition of John Lawrie Metals Ltd to have an impact on the availability of scrap steel in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>[1] According to the Government-funded Scrap Steel Recycling report by the University of Warwick, of February 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/02/2023 12:07:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1588535

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Crown Commercial service agreement on Food and Drink, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of that framework on (a) small to medium sized enterprises and (b) large wholesalers, including those in Battersea constituency.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	151403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) continues to work alongside the national food industry, including the Federation of Wholesale Distributors, to make sure that supplier concerns are being factored into the development of the proposed agreement on Food and Drink.</p><p>SMEs are crucial to the food supply chain and have been consulted as part of national supplier engagement, and suppliers and distributors in the Battersea constituency were included in this. Feedback from this shaped the procurement strategy for the framework agreement.</p><p>This Conservative Government has made sure SME producers will have increased opportunities to work with the public sector through the agreement and customers will be able to request nominated local products . These products would be consolidated into a single delivery with their food order.This will also be the first procurement for CCS in the food market, which will actually bring additional choice to public sector food buyers.</p><p>Finally, in terms of food quality standards, CCS has worked closely with Defra on this agreement to ensure there will be adherence to the updated Government Buying Standards for Food.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 151404 151405 question first answered 28/02/2023 19:18:42 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1588538

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of BMW's decision to move Mini's electric car production to China on the (a) competitiveness, (b) supply chains working and (c) employment and jobs in the UK automotive industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	151274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Oxford remains the home of MINI and the Government continues to engage closely with BMW and other manufacturers on future UK production opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a longstanding and comprehensive programme of support for the UK automotive sector, which is an important part of the Government’s plans for green growth, levelling up across our country and driving emissions to net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to making the UK the best location to manufacture zero emission vehicles of all types.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 16/03/2023 12:47:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 58594 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1588539

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Air Pollution: Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor the air quality for people with a diagnosed condition that can be affected by air pollution in the context of utilising new digital health technology.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	151329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department and UK Health Security Agency are working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on a comprehensive review of how we communicate air quality information to ensure members of the public, and vulnerable groups in particular, have what they need to protect themselves and also understand their own impact on air quality.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also invested over £2 million in projects to look at the performance of low-cost sensor technologies, including practical trials.  This work lays foundations for the dependable use of low-cost sensor systems in measuring air pollutant concentrations at finer geographical scales, providing better local forecasts and thus providing better information on air quality.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 28/02/2023 12:13:09 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1588550

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings in benefits payments that will be made because of the restriction on social housing rents increasing by the lower rate of seven per cent in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	151240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Details of the DWPs estimated expenditure were published at Autumn Statement 2022 and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2022-documents." target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 17:37:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1588565

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	151353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The number of domestic flights taken by Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials for each of years between 2017-18 and 2020-21 are: 2017-18 - 25,018; 2018-19 - 24,003; 2019-20 - 25,334; 2020-21 - 1,432. These figures were reported under the Greening Government Commitments 2016 to 2020 on mitigating climate change. Operational travel of military personnel is excluded.</p><p>Equivalent figure for 2021-22 is not readily available due to a change in Greening Government Commitments 2021 to 2025 from flight numbers to a carbon emissions reduction target. MOD emissions from domestic flights has reduced from 6,530tCO2e in 2017-18 to 2,460tCO2e in 2021-22.</p><p>Central records are not kept of the individual departure and destination airports. MOD has a UK wide presence and travel time is a significant factor in determining the mode of transport for business travel for longer journeys.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/03/2023 15:04:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1588572

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in her Department in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	151360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department was established on 7 February 2023. As a result, there has been no decision yet whether we will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 06/03/2023 09:49:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1588573

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	151361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of commercial flights taken by Departmental officials in each of the last five years, along with the destinations. The number of flights relate to the whole trip and in some cases covers several stages. Staff are only permitted to fly when this is deemed the most efficient and cost effective method of travel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Destination</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglesey</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast City</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast International Airport</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benbecula</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campbeltown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Derry Airport</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham Tees Valley Airport</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles Of Scilly</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkwall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Bradford</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London City</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Heathrow</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Luton</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Southend</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Stansted</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Londonderry</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newquay</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland Isles</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stornoway</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sumburgh Airport</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tiree</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>691</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>152</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>842</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8323</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/03/2023 14:16:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1588598

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	151313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, as an employer, is an accredited member of the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and retains a level 3 position. This demonstrates the department has the ability to actively and effectively recruit, retain and develop disabled people.</p><p>As a DCS member, the Cabinet Office is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and putting in place reasonable and workplace adjustments wherever required.</p><p>We offer an interview to all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for, demonstrating flexibility when assessing applicants so disabled people have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job for which they have applied.</p><p>Cabinet Office regularly reviews and challenges operating processes to ensure disability inclusion happens throughout the recruitment process and during all employees’ periods of employment with the department.</p><p>In 2021-22, 174 candidates who declared a disability and applied under DCS on promotion were interviewed and 40 candidates received a provisional offer.</p><p>In 2021-22, 74 candidates who declared a disability and applied under DCS on a level transfer were interviewed and 40 candidates received a provisional offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 150525 question first answered 28/02/2023 17:36:53 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588610

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
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 has discussed uprating social care benefits in line with inflation with MENCAP in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	151255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions. The 2023 Local Authority Circular, published on 9 February, sets out that the rates of the Minimum Income Guarantee will be uprated in line with consumer price index inflation for the financial year 2023/2024.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/03/2023 13:52:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman