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1714506

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date	29/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has had discussions with (a) Nautilus International and (b) the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has regular scheduled discussions and meetings with both Nautilus International and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in accordance with an established Partnership Agreement.</p><p>The most recent discussions have taken place during April 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 07/05/2024 15:06:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1714510

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 recent estimate she has made of the average weekly pension payment to widows of miners who are recipients of the mineworkers pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	24015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The average pension to widows of former members is currently £77 per week.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:09:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714511

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustees on the decision to make hardship payments discretionary rather than mandatory.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	24016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>There is no provision for hardship payments within the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:08:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714512

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the Rules Amendment Committee for the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	24017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Rules Amendment Committee was disbanded on privatisation and there is no need for it with the current valuation process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:07:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714523

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech in Warsaw on 23 April 2024, whether his Department has (a) conducted an assessment of costings and (b) developed proposals for how to fund the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>We have made a commitment to steadily increase defence spending, reaching 2.5% of GDP in 2030. We have also set out how we are fully funding this increase in defence spending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 23991 question first answered 02/05/2024 14:39:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1714530

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Invitations to Negotiate issued by his Department did not lead to a procurement contract in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	23989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Our Defence Sourcing Portal is used to coordinate all sourcing activities across the Department with external parties. From this system, the number of Invitations To Tender/Invitations to Negotiate (ITT/ITN) indicated as not leading to a procurement contract in calendar year 2023 is 11 (of the 676 that were published.) This represents 1.63% of the total number of ITT/ITNs for 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/05/2024 13:54:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1714531

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Hire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11269 on Electric Scooters: Hire Services, whether he plans to announce a decision on extending e-scooter rental trials before the Summer recess.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>E-scooter trials have been extended to 31 May 2026. Extending the trials beyond May 2024 will enable us to build on current learning across areas including usage, safety, and environmental impacts, and to explore changing travel patterns since the coronavirus pandemic and as e-scooters become more embedded in public life.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 02/05/2024 09:30:46 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1714532

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	INEOS: Grangemouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 19719 on INEOS: Belgium, whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the cethelyne cracker plant at the existing Ineos site at Grangemouth.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	24145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>UK Export Finance is the UK’s Export Credit Agency, and its role is to provide finance and insurance to support UK exports.</p><p> </p><p>It has not had any involvement with the Grangemouth Petrochemical site.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 24146 question first answered 03/05/2024 08:48:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1714533

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	INEOS: Belgium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 19719 on INEOS: Belgium, whether her Department sought assurances from Ineos on the safeguarding of the petrochemical site at Grangemouth before providing support for the Ineos Project One plant at Antwerp.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	24146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>UK Export Finance is the UK’s Export Credit Agency, and its role is to provide finance and insurance to support UK exports.</p><p> </p><p>It has not had any involvement with the Grangemouth Petrochemical site.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 24145 question first answered 03/05/2024 08:48:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1714534

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 22724 on Parliamentary Estate: Security, if the Commission will publish a breakdown of the (a) 4,132 staff and (b) 4,236 contractors with valid security passes by (i) profession and (ii) Department.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	24032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>It is not possible to breakdown passholder data by profession, but we are able to segregate the data by Department at the time of application. The pass issuing system is not an HR system so the data will never accurately reflect payroll due to the frequency of staff moving between Departments.</p><p>It should be noted that not all staff and contractors who hold passes work on the Parliamentary Estate full time, and that contractors in particular may only hold a pass for a limited time period and/or for limited buildings in accordance with business need.</p><p>The following data is a snapshot of staff of both Houses and contractors broken down by Department, from 30 April 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Commons and Bicameral Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pass Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber and Participation</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Digital Service</p></td><td><p>537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security</p></td><td><p>491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customer Experience and Service Delivery</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Select Committee Team</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Estates</p></td><td><p>308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research and Information</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Maintenance Department</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Portfolio and Performance</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People and Culture</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Executive</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governance Office</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Restoration and Renewal Client Team</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speakers Office</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Complaints and Grievance</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3404</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>House of Lords</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pass Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contractors</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>794</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Detailed data for the House of Lords Administration has not been included as it is a separate organisation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Delivery Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pass Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff*</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contractors</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Listed in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-19/22724" target="_blank">Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 22724</a> under category ‘(g) any other category’</p><p> </p><p>All other contractors</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sponsor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pass Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Estates</p></td><td><p>2500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Maintenance Department</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customer Experience and Service Delivery</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Digital Service</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber and Participation</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outside Organisations</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People and Culture</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research and Information</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Select Committee Team</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Restoration and Renewal Client Team</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Portfolio and Performance</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governance Office</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Executive</p></td><td><p>Fewer than five*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Complaints and Grievance</p></td><td><p>Fewer than five</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speaker’s Office**</p></td><td><p>Fewer than five</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4051</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Some numbers have been withheld owing to the low numbers of individuals involved (fewer than five), and disclosing this data may make it possible for individuals to be identified.</p><p>** The Speaker directly sponsors passes for Members of the Armed Forces doing secondments and UK representatives of overseas territories. These positions are not funded by the House of Commons and total 18 passes.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 08/05/2024 11:00:00 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 32290 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey