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1684156

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many major infrastructure projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio have (a) received final approval since April 2021 and (b) had their summary business cases published.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	10869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The government publishes a range of information on all major projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio online as part of the IPA’s annual report. This includes project narratives, whole-life costs and monetised benefits where available. Further information on major projects and published business cases for relevant projects and programmes can be found on Gov.uk.<em><br> <br> </em></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/01/2024 11:02:40 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1666648

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Infrastructure and Projects Authority received reports on the (a) budget and (b) expected costs of the High Speed Rail Two Project in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	203919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/10/2023 09:47:58 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1662969

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the transparency measures on public tree removal in the Environment Act 2021 will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	200823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>New Forestry Enforcement Measures and the Duty to Consult were introduced by the Environment Act 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The New Forestry Enforcement Measures help better equip the Forestry Commission to combat unauthorised and illegal felling, with unlimited fines and more transparent enforcement processes. These changes commenced on 1 January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Duty to Consult introduces a new duty on local authorities to consult the public on street tree felling that will take place in England, increasing the awareness and transparency of decision making on urban trees and creating a space for the public to contribute to these decisions. The guidance for the new Duty to Consult is being finalised and we aim to commence the measure soon.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/10/2023 10:10:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1663148

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Audit: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on the draft Audit Reform Bill; and when she plans to publish it.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	201002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has carried out significant work towards audit and corporate governance reform legislation but has not set a date for publication of a draft Audit Reform Bill. The Government is committed to legislating when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/10/2023 10:59:31 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1663489

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of his Department's progress on increasing the number of electric vehicle charging points across Bristol North West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	201343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is supporting local authorities in England through its £381 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund.</p><p /><p>The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has been allocated £6,644,000 of capital funding and £688,000 of capability funding through the LEVI Fund, to transform the availability of local charging infrastructure across the area, including Bristol North West. Capital funding covers the costs associated with the installation of EV chargepoints and resource funding will secure dedicated in-house expertise to support WECA to plan, procure and tender the delivery of local chargepoints. In addition, Bristol City Council has previously been awarded £284,000 for the installation of 155 public chargepoints through the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2023 11:55:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1663650

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sports: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the level of VAT applied to children’s (a) swimming lessons and (b) other sports.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	201504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to the majority of goods and services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations; one exception being certain supplies of education, which are generally exempt from VAT when certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK’s third largest tax forecast to raise £161 billion in 2022/23, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS, education and defence. Nevertheless, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 08:12:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1656552

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing legislation to make solar panel installation on new build homes compulsory.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	196371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Renewable energy, such as that generated from rooftop solar panels, will make a significant contribution to achieving net zero. In June 2022 an uplift to the energy efficiency standards for new buildings came into force and we will consult this year on the Future Homes Standard. The standards are performance based, meaning we do not mandate any particular technologies, but we expect that in order to comply with the uplift most developers will choose to install solar panels on new homes.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 11/09/2023 12:34:42 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1653543

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Artificial Intelligence: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what consultation her Department has held with civil society on the AI Safety Summit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	194491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The first major global summit on AI safety, hosted by the UK, will bring together key countries, as well as leading technology companies and researchers, to agree on the safety measures needed to evaluate and monitor the most significant risks emerging from the newest developments in AI technologies.</p><p>The Department is committed to engaging with a wide range of stakeholders as it develops AI policy and has, throughout consultation on the AI Regulation White Paper, engaged with a wide range of stakeholders across industry, academia, regulators and civil society. The feedback received will be factored in the Department’s response to the consultation and inform the development of the regulatory framework.</p><p>We are adopting this same spirit with regards to our international policy and the Summit, for which preparations are still ongoing. We look forward to sharing more information in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/07/2023 15:58:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1650079

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure that left-hand drive HGV vehicles are driven safely in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	192402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) complete robust roadside inspections of heavy goods vehicles (HGV) and passenger carrying vehicles (PCV) stopped at the roadside to ensure they meet the standards required to operate on Britain’s roads. The DVSA complete checks on the drivers of those vehicles to ensure they meet the driver licensing and driver certificate of professional competence (CPC) requirements. The DVSA also complete checks to ensure drivers comply with tachograph rules and requirements to ensure they are operated safely. There is no distinction made between left-hand and right-hand vehicles; the same standards apply across all vehicles.</p><p>Individual police forces are responsible for dealing with driving offences.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 11/07/2023 08:55:25 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1649693

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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	Medical Records: Disclosure of Information
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 his Department has taken to prevent patient data from being accessed by website trackers on (a) the NHS North Bristol Trust and (b) other NHS England websites.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	192150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Each NHS organisation is responsible for its website and for ensuring that any tracking technology used on its site meets strict legal requirements. As soon as NHS Bristol Trust became aware of this issue they engaged with the Information Commissioner’s Office and took immediate steps to protect the privacy of their website users, removing Meta Pixel from their website and strengthening the cookies consent process.</p><p>In June 2023, NHS England published guidance for all NHS organisations on website activity trackers and how to ensure they are used appropriately, including how to audit the tracking and profiling which takes place on their website. The guidance also includes links to more detailed guidance provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Whilst NHS England does use cookies and similar technologies on its website, those technologies are not used to share patient data held by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/07/2023 09:03:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones