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1698318

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of (a) 11 January 2024 and (b) 20 February 2024 on behalf of a constituent on self-identifying gender.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>We thank the honourable Member for Weston-super-Mare for highlighting these two letters<br>and apologise for the delay in responding. A response has been issued and should be with<br>the honourable Member now as of 26/03/2024.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/04/2024 10:35:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1698347

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 April 2019 on Access for All, HCWS1484, how many and what proportion of the projects awarded funding through the Access for All programme (a) have been and (b) are yet to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Approximately 45% of the current Access for All programme has entered into passenger service, with approximately 55% not yet complete although the majority of these are in construction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2024 07:47:04 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1698363

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Rwandan counterpart on the escalation in fighting between the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>On 28 March, the Foreign Secretary spoke with Rwandan President Kagame to encourage de-escalation, and Lord Benyon raised the importance of regional diplomatic processes with DRC President Tshisekedi on 14 March. We welcome the recent mediation efforts facilitated by the Angola-led Luanda peace process and continue to urge all parties to commit to further political dialogue. On 9 April, the Prime Minister met with President Kagame and underlined the importance of a political process to resolve the situation. I also raised this issue with President Kagame during my visit to Rwanda on 6 April.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/04/2024 13:27:23 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1698364

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of a conflict involving (a) South Africa, (b) Burundi, (c) Uganda, (d) Tanzania and (e) Malawi arising from support by Rwanda for the M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>We regularly raise ongoing regional tensions with the Governments of DRC, Rwanda and members of the SADC at the highest levels. On 28 March, the Foreign Secretary spoke with Rwandan President Kagame to encourage de-escalation and renewed political dialogue, and Lord Benyon raised the importance of regional diplomatic processes with DRC President Tshisekedi, during his visit to Kinshasa on 14 March. On 9 April, the Prime Minister met with President Kagame and underlined the importance of a political process to resolve the situation. Minister Mitchell also raised this issue with President Kagame during his visit to Rwanda on 6 April.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/04/2024 13:27:31 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1698365

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what humanitarian support his Department is providing to the civilian population around Goma.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK will continue to support the protection of civilians in and around Goma, including through our £98 million 3-year humanitarian programme for the East of DRC, which delivers life-saving emergency assistance to over 1.1 million people and protects and builds the resilience of the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/04/2024 10:16:20 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1698366

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what estimate he has made of the extent of Rwandan (a) military and (b) financial support for the M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>We are monitoring the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and M23 closely, and continue to raise this with the governments of DRC and Rwanda. We welcome the recent mediation efforts facilitated by the Angola-led Luanda peace process. We continue to urge all parties to commit to further political dialogue.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/04/2024 10:15:26 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1698376

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national referral mechanism.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is focussed on improving National Referral Mechanism (NRM) decision-making timescales. We have seen an unprecedented increase in the volume of referrals in the NRM; a 625% rise between 2014 and 2022. In 2023, 17,004 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office, the highest annual number since the NRM began in 2009. Despite this, since January 2023 the number of decisions outstanding has been coming down for the first time ever, showing that what we are doing is working.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that genuine victims are identified and introduced legislation under the Nationality and Borders Act to ensure that there is a robust system which supports victims and reduces the opportunity for misuse.</p><p>The Home Office holds all policies and procedures under review to ensure they are effective in delivering the aims of the government. We continue to monitor the effectiveness of the NRM accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 19/04/2024 12:16:28 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1698384

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's Evaluation Task Force Output and Outcome Indicators March 2024, if he will publish the (a) Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects rated red and (b) Evaluation Task Force priority projects without robust evaluation plans.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) committed to publicly report on a series of output and outcome indicators in response to recommendations featured in the ‘Evaluating Government Spending’ NAO report in 2022 and the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation for the ETF to establish quantifiable metrics on the scale and quality of evaluation across government. These indicators of progress can be viewed in the ETF evaluation strategy published in 2022 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-evaluation-task-force-strategy-2022-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-evaluation-task-force-strategy-2022-2025</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The indicators are not wholly controlled or ‘owned’ by the ETF. Driving progress towards the targets outlined in the ETF strategy are dependent on cross-government partners working together to build an improved evaluation ecosystem which creates more and higher quality evaluation in government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The PQ references two indicators:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1.4 Proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects on track (RAG rated 'Green')</p><p>1.6 Proportion of ETF priority projects with robust evaluation plans (cumulative)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF Output and Outcome Indicators (March 2024) report has also published its Technical Annex alongside the main report. This details the number of projects rated Red, Amber and Green across these portfolios and provides a detailed explanation of how these ratings were assessed. This is summarised in the background section below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departments and What Works Centres who lead either EAF or priority projects understand they are part of the ETF’s broader portfolio of work and that although regular indicators of evaluation progress in government are published, there have been no plans to publish the details of specific projects as part of the reporting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF has established good working relationships with departments who (particularly within the context of EAF and priority projects) are delivering complex evaluations in high profile policy areas. The departments openly share their work with the ETF and this transparency has enabled the ETF to provide high quality advice and support to teams. Using the information provided to the ETF to specifically publicly name projects, separately from other projects, risks damaging this important working relationship.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF instead has been working to ensure transparency on a larger more sustainable scale, for all projects not just ETF priority areas. The Cabinet Office and the ETF will soon be publicly launching the Government Evaluation Registry. The Registry will bring together all planned, live and completed evaluations from Government Departments in a single accessible location, providing an invaluable tool for understanding “what works” in Government. Due to the importance of transparency and improving evaluation across Departments, the Government has decided to make use of the Registry mandatory. As such, Departments and What Works Centres responsible for EAF funded and priority projects will publish plans and findings on the Registry in due course. This will then be available to the public, along with the plans and reports for the rest of the department’s portfolio.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/04/2024 10:48:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698437

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Electricity Interconnectors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity has been imported by individual interconnectors since 2019; and what proportion of total electricity output was generated by interconnectors in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iv) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>UK electricity imports from 2019 to 2023 via each interconnector are presented in the following table, in gigawatt hours (GWh):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Interconnector</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>IFA 1</p></td><td><p>11,875</p></td><td><p>10,412</p></td><td><p>10,138</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td><td><p>7,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>IFA 2</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>5,014</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>ElectraLink</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>4,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Netherlands</strong></p></td><td><p>BritNed</p></td><td><p>6,049</p></td><td><p>4,674</p></td><td><p>4,341</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td><td><p>4,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>East West</p></td><td><p>1,238</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>NI to Ireland</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></td><td><p>Nemo</p></td><td><p>5,091</p></td><td><p>5,384</p></td><td><p>6,995</p></td><td><p>3,230</p></td><td><p>3,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norway</strong></p></td><td><p>North Sea Link</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>1,393</p></td><td><p>4,547</p></td><td><p>8,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Denmark</strong></p></td><td><p>Viking</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>24,556 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 22,391 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 28,743 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15,451 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 33,212 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The share of the UK’s gross electricity supply (generation plus imports, excluding exports) supplied via interconnectors each year was: (i) 2020 6.6%, (ii) 2021 8.5%, (iii) 2022 4.6%, (iv) 2023 10.4%. 2023 data is provisional. Final figures will be published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics at the end of July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2024, the UK imported 3,696 GWh of electricity.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, 9,499 GWh of electricity was exported from the UK via interconnectors. This compares to 20,793 GWh in 2022 when the UK was a net exporter of electricity for the first time in 40 years.</p><p> </p><p>Source: National Grid and EirGrid data.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 20215 20218 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:35:27 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1698439

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Electricity: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity was imported in February.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>UK electricity imports from 2019 to 2023 via each interconnector are presented in the following table, in gigawatt hours (GWh):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Interconnector</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>IFA 1</p></td><td><p>11,875</p></td><td><p>10,412</p></td><td><p>10,138</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td><td><p>7,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>IFA 2</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>5,014</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>ElectraLink</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>4,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Netherlands</strong></p></td><td><p>BritNed</p></td><td><p>6,049</p></td><td><p>4,674</p></td><td><p>4,341</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td><td><p>4,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>East West</p></td><td><p>1,238</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>NI to Ireland</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></td><td><p>Nemo</p></td><td><p>5,091</p></td><td><p>5,384</p></td><td><p>6,995</p></td><td><p>3,230</p></td><td><p>3,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norway</strong></p></td><td><p>North Sea Link</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>1,393</p></td><td><p>4,547</p></td><td><p>8,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Denmark</strong></p></td><td><p>Viking</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>24,556 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 22,391 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 28,743 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15,451 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 33,212 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The share of the UK’s gross electricity supply (generation plus imports, excluding exports) supplied via interconnectors each year was: (i) 2020 6.6%, (ii) 2021 8.5%, (iii) 2022 4.6%, (iv) 2023 10.4%. 2023 data is provisional. Final figures will be published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics at the end of July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2024, the UK imported 3,696 GWh of electricity.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, 9,499 GWh of electricity was exported from the UK via interconnectors. This compares to 20,793 GWh in 2022 when the UK was a net exporter of electricity for the first time in 40 years.</p><p> </p><p>Source: National Grid and EirGrid data.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 20214 20218 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:35:27 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell