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1523393

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were convicted for not paying their TV license under the provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 since 1992.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	65608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>Parliament approved the BBC assuming the role of the TV Licensing Authority in 1991, and under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is authorised to collect and enforce the Licence Fee by law on the government's behalf.</p><p>The TV licence fee was administered under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 until the passage of the 2003 Act.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures for each year since 2005 up to 2021 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, and can be found in the following tables:</p><p>2017-2021: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx<br /></a>2016: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx<br /></a>2005-2015: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524326/cjs-outcomes-by-offence.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524326/cjs-outcomes-by-offence.xlsx</a></p><p>To view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter.</p><p>The number of people convicted for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 and 2004 can be found in the attached tables. Table 1 sets out the number of convictions for television licence evasion in this period under the Communications Act 2003. Table 2 sets out convictions for offences against the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, 1949 to 1967 in the same period. While television licence evasion was an offence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, the figures in Table 2 may include other offences under the specified Acts.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 16:37:09 question first ministerially corrected 25/10/2022 16:09:44 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez attachment 1 file name PQ 65608 table final.pdf title Table outlining information sources previous answer version 26685 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1521010

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Breast Cancer: Worsley and Eccles South
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 her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	61829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department is working with NHS England to finalise the delivery of £10 million for breast screening units, including determining which areas will benefit from this investment. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">National Health Service breast screening providers are also encouraged to work with Cancer Alliances, Primary Care Networks, NHS regional teams and the voluntary sector to promote the uptake of breast screening and ensure access to services.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 23323 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 23325 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 17/10/2022 17:03:35 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 17:01:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1521267

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Dental Services: Batley and Spen
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 her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Batley and Spen constituency.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	62166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in <ins class="ministerial">Batley and Spen</ins><del class="ministerial">Lancaster and Fleetwood</del>. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Batley and Spen.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/10/2022 10:21:35 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 11:12:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 22784 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1521269

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Dental Services: Batley and Spen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Batley and Spen constituency.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	62167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in <ins class="ministerial">Batley and Spen</ins><del class="ministerial">Lancaster and Fleetwood</del>. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Batley and Spen.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/10/2022 10:21:35 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 11:12:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 22790 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1518882

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the Independent Office of Police Conduct investigation announced on 4 July 2022 into allegations of excessive use of force by Metropolitan Police Service officers at a protest over the arrest of a man by immigration officers in Peckham on 11 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	58971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The IOPC carries out its investigations independently of the Government. It provided a published update on the investigation relating to the Peckham protests on its website on 4th July <ins class="ministerial">2022</ins><del class="ministerial">2002</del>, when it also appealed for witnesses. I have notified the IOPC's Director General of this question so that he can respond directly or provide a further update.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 13/10/2022 13:08:28 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 11:12:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 22180 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1518931

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that households living in park homes who do not directly deal with an energy supplier have prompt access to the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	58989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on <del class="ministerial">14th</del> <ins class="ministerial">22nd</ins> September to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-06/48498" target="_blank">48498</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 17:02:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 23922 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1518525

registered interest
date	26/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Offshore Structures: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who is responsible for coordinating protection of (1) oil and gas installations, (2) pipelines, (3) offshore windfarms, (4) undersea electrical cables and interconnectors, and (5) fibreoptic cables, in (a) UK territorial seas, and (b) UK exclusive economic zones; and where this coordination takes place.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection and resilience of subsea and offshore infrastructure seriously and departments work together to protect it from malicious and other hazards such as accidental damage. The Cabinet Office is responsible for coordinating interdepartmental efforts. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is the lead department for the energy sector, including subsea energy <ins class="ministerial">infrastructure</ins><del class="ministerial">CrNI</del>. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is the lead department for telecommunications policy, including telecommunications subsea cables. The Ministry of Defence is responsible for defending UK interests within the UK Marine Area (UK Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zones) and forms part of HMG’s efforts to counter state threats.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 10/10/2022 16:30:56 question first ministerially corrected 13/10/2022 10:44:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan previous answer version 21766 answering member printed Lord Callanan answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1506601

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were upgraded to energy performance certificate band C in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	51773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of dwellings by EPC band are made for England in the English Housing Survey headline report annex table 2.8. The table below collates the time series requested:</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Estimated Number of Dwellings in England by Energy Efficiency Rating (Thousands)</strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>A-C</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>D-G</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of homes improved to Band A-C[1]</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2009</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,595</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,740</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,971</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,573</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,348</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18,577</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">829</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,373</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,881</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,125</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,246</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">635</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,700</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,843</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,049</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,684</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">159</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,214</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,736</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-52</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,883</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">853</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,854</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14,560</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,323</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,856</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,678</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,881</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Source: English Housing Survey</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">[1] The estimate of homes upgraded to band A-C from D-G has been derived by subtraction of the previous year’s estimate of D-G homes.</ins></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fenglish-housing-survey-2020-to-2021-headline-report&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C7bf51f0374324661a59b08daa15b5c72%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999710997470241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JgD2gpD0pk01v8kSW38CT1PYJ6uGeBFevtYZ6EIeLmo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2020-to-2021-headline-report</a>.</p><p>It should be noted that it is difficult to make accurate year on year comparisons and there have been slight changes in the methodology used to derive EPC ratings over time. Overall, the number of dwellings in England is increasing and so the total increase in band A-C dwellings is higher than the number of D-Gs improved to band A-C due to new dwellings.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:19:55 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 10:37:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 21042 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1506874

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Recreation Spaces: Urban Areas
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 he is taking to help ensure that local tree and plant growers are utilised in outdoor public projects in urban areas to help improve air quality.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	51840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>We know that trees outside woodlands, including trees in urban areas, parks, and along roads and footpaths can provide many environmental benefits for people<del class="ministerial">, including improved air quality</del>.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">There is strong evidence that healthy, well-chosen and well placed urban trees can provide a large range of benefits valuable to the economy and to people. This includes a relatively small but beneficial impact on urban air quality. However, current evidence suggests that trees would not be enough to solve the air quality problems at a city scale. </ins></p><p>Through the Nature for Climate Fund we are boosting the numbers of trees near to where people live<ins class="ministerial">, investing millions of pounds in tree planting and in the skills to incorporate trees in the right places to generate maximum benefits.</ins> <del class="ministerial">including:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">· up to £4.4 million available to local communities through the Local Authority Treescapes Fund to plant and establish new trees;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">· providing almost £8 million of financial support to local authorities to increase their capacity and specialist skills to plant and manage trees, through the ground-breaking Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">· planting up to 150,000 large trees in towns and cities across England using the £6 million Urban Tree Challenge Fund;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">· contributing to the £9 million Levelling Up Parks Fund, which will create over 100 new parks to increase access to green space in urban areas.</del></p><p>Additional funding is being provided to support tree growers and seed suppliers across England, to help meet the growing demand for trees. We have developed capital and innovation grants for the sector that will encourage the adoption of mechanisation and automation, and help enhance the quantity, quality, diversity and biosecurity of domestic tree production.</p><p>Alongside this, Defra has been working closely with the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group who have published an action plan 'Unlocking green growth: A plan from the ornamental horticulture &amp; landscaping industry'. This sets out the industry's potential contributions to tackling some of the environmental challenges facing the UK, including through the use of a greater proportion of British-produced plants and trees in public sector projects, and the incorporation of more community green spaces within the urban planning process. Where Government can help, we will work with the sector to help it take advantage of the opportunities outlined in the action plan.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 28/09/2022 11:45:29 question first ministerially corrected 10/10/2022 12:52:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison previous answer version 20966 answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1506365

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support will be available to Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme after the end of the initial six month period for which sponsors were asked to host.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/46219" target="_blank">46219</a> on 21 September <ins class="ministerial">2022</ins><del class="ministerial">2021</del>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/09/2022 12:59:50 question first ministerially corrected 24/09/2022 10:10:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 19985 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West