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1746486

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the practice of off-rolling.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Mrs Lorraine Beavers
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The government is clear that off-rolling is an unacceptable practice and the department continues to work with Ofsted to tackle it.</p><p>Ofsted takes any use of unlawful exclusions and off-rolling very seriously. Where evidence of off-rolling is found by inspectors, it will impact the school’s leadership and management judgement.</p><p>This government is committed to reforming Ofsted to enhance the inspection regime by replacing a single headline grade with a new report card system telling parents clearly how schools are performing and introduce a new annual review of safeguarding, attendance, and off-rolling.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 06/12/2024 10:21:55 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5232

1746491

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Living Wage: Part-time Employment
	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 2 December 2024 to question 16452 Living Wage Living Wage, what the average number of hours worked by those in part-time employment and who paid the National Living Wage was in 2024 to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>This will be included in the Impact Assessment that we plan to publish alongside the legislation that implements the increase to the National Living Wage in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 06/12/2024 11:07:12 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746499

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Slough
	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 increase the availability of driving tests in Slough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (DTC), include the recruitment of new driving examiners (DE), conducting tests outside regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from DEs. DVSA also continues to deploy DEs from areas with lower waiting times into those where waiting times are longer.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a recent recruitment exercise, DVSA hopes to offer training courses to two potential new DEs at Slough DTC in the new year. In future recruitment campaigns, DVSA will continue to look to fill additional examiner roles at Slough DTC.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 05/12/2024 16:57:03 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1746521

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to (a) end homelessness and (b) involve people who have lived experience of homelessness in that process.
	tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
	tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. Allocations for individual local authorities in England will be set out later in December, which will include Slough, West Dorset, the Thames Valley region and wider rural communities.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and deliver long-term solutions to end all forms of homelessness, including rural and child homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across Government to develop a long-term homelessness strategy.</p><p>We have also established an Expert Group to bring together representatives from across the homelessness and rough sleeping sector, local and combined authorities and wider experts. The role of this expert group is to provide knowledge, analysis and challenge to help Government understand what is working well nationally and locally and where improvements are needed.</p><p>The department also has a lived experience forum to ensure the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness are reflected in the homelessness strategy.</p><p>More widely, we are taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.</p><p>The Government is also abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, preventing private renters being exploited and discriminated against, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 17456 17457 17588 17599 17600 17742 question first answered 06/12/2024 13:15:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	5201

1746530

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of electric vehicle charging points there will be in each year from 2025 to 2030.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The 2022 EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-strategy&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAnnie.Reddaway%40ozev.gov.uk%7C748bbee79fc4445fa00808dd14728ed1%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638689204443337376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lL5qQdC2HSvkcG1mDgjXwm72T4StJK1njKT7W7q1bC0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy - GOV.UK</a>) set out forecasts of consumer demand for public chargepoints. These projections indicated that between 280,000 and 720,000 might be needed by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>As of the 1 November there were over 71,000 public charging devices in the UK (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdeveloping-faster-indicators-of-transport-activity&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAnnie.Reddaway%40ozev.gov.uk%7C748bbee79fc4445fa00808dd14728ed1%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638689204443357789%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JVWMKP6T0%2F9PnQcTnjkSUqq6sBuqTTvhz3JZ0vQQvr0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Developing faster indicators of transport activity - GOV.UK</a>). Between October 2023 and October 2024 the number of public charging devices grew by 42%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 06/12/2024 10:52:23 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746536

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many wet cargo ships have been boarded by UK authorities in territorial waters for lacking insurance this year.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>No wet cargo ships have been boarded by UK authorities in territorial waters due to a lack of insurance this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 06/12/2024 11:13:46 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1746559

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Runcorn and Helsby
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. Allocations for individual local authorities in England will be set out later in December, which will include Slough, West Dorset, the Thames Valley region and wider rural communities.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and deliver long-term solutions to end all forms of homelessness, including rural and child homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across Government to develop a long-term homelessness strategy.</p><p>We have also established an Expert Group to bring together representatives from across the homelessness and rough sleeping sector, local and combined authorities and wider experts. The role of this expert group is to provide knowledge, analysis and challenge to help Government understand what is working well nationally and locally and where improvements are needed.</p><p>The department also has a lived experience forum to ensure the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness are reflected in the homelessness strategy.</p><p>More widely, we are taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.</p><p>The Government is also abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, preventing private renters being exploited and discriminated against, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 17456 17457 17588 17600 17683 17742 question first answered 06/12/2024 13:15:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1746560

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle rural homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Runcorn and Helsby
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. Allocations for individual local authorities in England will be set out later in December, which will include Slough, West Dorset, the Thames Valley region and wider rural communities.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and deliver long-term solutions to end all forms of homelessness, including rural and child homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across Government to develop a long-term homelessness strategy.</p><p>We have also established an Expert Group to bring together representatives from across the homelessness and rough sleeping sector, local and combined authorities and wider experts. The role of this expert group is to provide knowledge, analysis and challenge to help Government understand what is working well nationally and locally and where improvements are needed.</p><p>The department also has a lived experience forum to ensure the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness are reflected in the homelessness strategy.</p><p>More widely, we are taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.</p><p>The Government is also abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, preventing private renters being exploited and discriminated against, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 17456 17457 17588 17599 17683 17742 question first answered 06/12/2024 13:15:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1746574

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance Contributions and (b) the VAT rate on the viability of businesses in the hospitality sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses to economic growth. At Autumn Budget 2024, the government took tough decisions on tax, spending and welfare to restore economic stability and invest in public services.</p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November, outlining the impact on business, that can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-secondary-threshold-the-secondary-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-rate-and-the-empl/changes-to-the-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-secondary-threshold-the-secondary-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-rate-and-the-empl.</p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. The Government currently has no plans to introduce a different VAT rate for the hospitality sector.</p><p>However, the Government keeps all taxes under review, including consideration of impacts.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 06/12/2024 09:11:34 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746592

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Gatwick Airport
	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 3 December 2024 to Question 15981 on Gatwick Airport, whether the previous Secretary of State for Transport met with representatives of Gatwick Airport to discuss the proposed expansion.
	tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
	tabling member printed	Mike Martin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The previous Secretary of State did not meet with representatives of Gatwick Airport to discuss the proposed expansion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 06/12/2024 08:58:59 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
	tabling member	5219