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1748067

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	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	Small Business Research Initiative: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the impact of Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative on Northern Ireland in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative (now renamed to Contracts for Innovation) has <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F05%2FUKRI-130522-SBRIDrivingPublicSectorInnovation-FINAL.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSRIHub%40dsit.gov.uk%7C64ac383220204dbd4ddb08dd1931f27d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638694424700672559%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RLkb%2FMLwc7NMRDnQ2sgj1snLeBJC1pciLKHZ2CT1yx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published an evaluation</a> demonstrating its impact, including:</p><ul><li>£788m awarded through SBRI competitions between 2008 and 2022</li><li>Business applicants from NI made up approximately 3% of applicants</li><li>The benefits to the businesses awarded the funding amount to 1.5 to 4 times the cost of public sector investment</li></ul> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 12/12/2024 17:15:16 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1748068

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	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	Consumer Goods: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish guidance on the introduction of the EU General Product Safety Regulations.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>Guidance for businesses on the new General Product Safety Regulation was published last week on 3rd December and has been shared with the business community in Great Britain and Northern Ireland through existing channels. My officials will keep the guidance under review to ensure we are supporting businesses to trade freely across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 12/12/2024 12:43:25 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1748077

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Birmingham Northfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q44 of the oral evidence given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Transport Select Committee on 4 December 2024, HC 437, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in Birmingham Northfield constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The average car practical test waiting time for Driving Test Centres that serve the Birmingham Northfield constituency can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Driving test centre</p></td><td><p>Average car practical driving test waiting time (Nov 2024)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingsheath</p></td><td><p>24 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shirley</p></td><td><p>22.8 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average waiting time for Vocational tests 3a and 3b, for Garretts Green test centre which serves the Birmingham Northfield constituency, can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Vocational test</p></td><td><p>Average test waiting time (Nov 2024)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational 3a</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational 3b</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>With regards to part 2 and 3 approved driving instructor tests, these types of tests are not booked the same way as other types of tests, and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is not able to record how long waiting times are at any given test centre.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 12/12/2024 11:56:10 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5234

1748080

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pension Funds: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to help increase investment in the UK by UK-based pension funds.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government published the Interim Report of its Pensions Investment Review at the Mansion House event on 14 November. This Report puts forward ambitious proposals to reform the UK pension system which could unlock around £80 billion of productive investment while boosting savers’ pension pots.</p><p> </p><p>The consultations on the proposed measures will close on 16 January. The review will use its next stage to consider whether further interventions may be needed by the government to ensure that these reforms are benefiting UK growth. The final Pensions Investment Review report, including the final proposals to be legislated for, will be published in the Spring ahead of the introduction of the Pension Schemes Bill.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 12/12/2024 10:29:00 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1748086

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Glastonbury and Somerton
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>To address the specific barriers disabled EV drivers face when using public chargepoints, the Government co-sponsored the publication of the Publically Available Specification (PAS) 1899:2022 standard, which provides specifications on designing and installing accessible public EV chargepoints and considers chargepoints in the context of their wider built environment.  The Government continues to work with industry and other parties to ensure effective implementation of PAS1899 and to support the 24-month review of the PAS, which is being led by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and concludes early in 2025. The Government will continue to monitor progress to assess whether further intervention is needed on accessibility over time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 12/12/2024 09:56:58 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1748089

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ulster Farmers Union
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he and (b) the Paymaster General has met the Ulster Farmers Union since the general election.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>Details of official meetings held in a ministerial capacity with external organisations or individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torfaen answering member printed Nick Thomas-Symonds question first answered 12/12/2024 12:29:34 answering member 4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1748096

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	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	Carbon Capture and Storage
	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 he will make it his policy to conduct an audit of the effectiveness of carbon sequestration by all land use categories.
	tabling member constituency	Hexham
	tabling member printed	Joe Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes estimates of the sequestration of carbon in the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector for a range of sector categories as part of its annual <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fuk-territorial-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C81ba1d5d79074576e63508dd1aaa8db5%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638696042040072528%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HXbtJOoiOncpCuL2nCGGAqrRWsqhjeTwTRZ4mgL5e9c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bristol East answering member printed Kerry McCarthy question first answered 12/12/2024 12:46:10 answering member 1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy
	tabling member	5081

1748098

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	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	Plastics: Waste
	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 recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of restrictions on the use of single-use plastic.
	tabling member constituency	Hexham
	tabling member printed	Joe Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>Defra officials are in the process of conducting a Post Implementation Review of the Environmental Regulations 2020, which includes the bans and restrictions on plastic straws, stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. This is due to be published in October 2025. The department has also commissioned a report to evaluate the policies under the Environmental Regulations 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials are working with trading standards officers in local authorities, online platforms, and relevant businesses to ensure restrictions are effective and that any breaches of the legislation are being enforced. Breaches in legislation are the responsibility of local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 12/12/2024 15:08:32 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	tabling member	5081

1748100

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to respond to the open letter by Clinically Vulnerable Families entitled Maintain Covid-19 Vaccine Access for All Clinically Vulnerable People, published on 19 November 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>We have received the open letter by Clinically Vulnerable Families on 14 November 2024, and will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 12/12/2024 12:26:21 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1748101

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	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	Carbon Emissions: Offshoring
	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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on preventing large organisations from offshoring emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Hexham
	tabling member printed	Joe Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working cohesively to address carbon leakage risk across international and domestic actions.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s current main measure to address carbon leakage is free allocation under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which is under review by the UK ETS Authority. The government is additionally introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on 1 January 2027, developing voluntary product standards and an embodied emissions reporting framework, and working to address carbon leakage risk internationally through existing fora such as the Climate Club and World Trade Organisation.</p> answering member constituency Bristol East answering member printed Kerry McCarthy question first answered 12/12/2024 12:49:51 answering member 1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy
	tabling member	5081