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1588532

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with North Yorkshire County Council in 2018 on plans for a new special educational needs and disability school.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	151272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>North Yorkshire County Council submitted its application for a special school in 2018. The application was approved with conditions in March 2019. The Department has appointed a full project delivery team that works closely with the Council to deliver the project. I am aware of recent correspondence from my right hon. Friend, the Member for Selby and Ainsty, and a response will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/03/2023 14:19:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

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

1588534

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide a breakdown of the roles undertaken by the 167 FTE staff employed by HS2 Ltd in its Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	151426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The majority of staff are engaged on community engagement activities along the 200 mile HS2 route, and the number of staff employed in the Directorate and handling all HS2 communication and engagement activity is a very small proportion of the 30,000 people now working on the HS2 project.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 02/03/2023 10:32:49 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

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

1588536

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 the quality of food supplied to the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	151404
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 151403 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

1588537

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 impact of this framework on the proportion of public sector food supply that is locally produced.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	151405
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 151403 151404 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

1588540

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Flood Re: Reviews
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 steps she plans to take in conducting the quinquennial review of Flood RE; and what the scope of that review is.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	151330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Regulation 27 of the Flood Reinsurance (Scheme Funding and Administration) Regulations 2015 sets out that Flood Re must produce a report at least every five years which reviews the scheme, considering total levy and reinsurance premium thresholds and the need to manage transition by 2039. Flood Re intend to publish their next Quinquennial Review in 2024 making recommendations, which the Secretary of State will consider.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 27/02/2023 13:47:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1588541

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	Honours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the FOI release Honours nominations probity and propriety checks completed by HM Revenue and Customs, updated on 27 October 2022, whether the probity checks to preserve the integrity of the honours system have been carried out on the persons nominated in the resignation honours list put forward by the former Prime Minister, the Rt hon. member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip; which Departments have been contacted to carry out probity checks on the people on that list; whether the probity checks undertaken include consideration of the avoidance of (a) a conflict of interest and (b) the perception of a conflict of interest in the conferring of an honour on a person who has made substantial donations to the political party of the Prime Minister who has nominated them; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	151266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>Probity checks are carried out on all honours lists, including resignation honours lists. Checks are carried out with government departments including HMRC and relevant vetting and other professional bodies, as well as using open source information.</p><p>In general, donations to any political party should not be regarded as a reason for disqualification from receiving an honour.</p><p>It would be inappropriate to speculate about a possible list.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 03/03/2023 15:37:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas