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1748640

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation entitled Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles, which closed on 25 April 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending regulations on (a) the classification of and (b) enabling throttle assistance for electrically-assisted pedal cycles.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Department is carefully considering the responses to the consultation, and will make an announcement on the way forward as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 12/12/2024 15:32:18 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1748742

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Lighting
	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 assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for cyclists to have lights on their bikes.
	tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
	tabling member printed	Matt Bishop
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>It is already a requirement that cycles have white front and red rear lights lit when being ridden at night. Under The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 cycles must also be fitted with a red rear reflector and amber pedal reflectors (if manufactured after 1 October 1985). Rule 60 of The Highway Code explains these requirements, the enforcement of which is a matter for the police. The Government has no plans to require cyclists to have lights on their cycles in daylight hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 12/12/2024 15:30:35 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5323

1748462

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to change how her Department assesses proposals for funding local authority road improvement projects.
	tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
	tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s transport business case guidance forms the basis of our assessment of transport investment projects. It follows HM Treasury’s Green Book five case model which is the government’s best practice model for spending and investment decisions. The guidance is kept under review and is used alongside the well-established Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG). TAG is kept under constant review in line with good practice, the latest evidence, and method enhancements.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 12/12/2024 10:05:18 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1748474

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2024
	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	Bowel Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to implement the recommendations of Bowel Cancer UK's report entitled Delivering the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan: A review of progress of bowel cancer in England, published on 3 December 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Clive Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an extensive programme of engagement to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the NHS. The plan will set out a bold agenda to deliver on the three big shifts, from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS highlighted that there is more to be done to increase the speed at which patients are diagnosed with, and treated for, cancer. His report will inform our 10-year plan to reform the NHS, which will include further details on how we will improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, including for bowel cancer. We are also currently in discussions about what form a potential cancer plan for England should take, including its relationship to the 10-Year Health Plan and the Government’s wider Health Mission, and will provide updates in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is taking steps to improve the rate of early diagnosis for all cancers, including bowel and bowel-related cancers. We will support the NHS to transform diagnostic services by spending £1.5 billion on new surgical hubs and diagnostic scanners, to build capacity for over 30,000 more procedures and 1.25 million diagnostic tests.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 12/12/2024 12:28:45 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	5207

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

1748191

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Cost of Living
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of universal credit payment levels in the context of (a) food costs, (b) bills and (c) other essential costs.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Steve Darling
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Benefits increased by 6.7% in April 2024, in line with inflation. The Basic and New State Pensions were also uprated by 8.5% in line with earnings, as part of the ‘triple lock.’ We have recently announced a Fair Repayment Rate on Universal Credit deductions will be introduced from April 2025, helping approximately 1.2 million of the poorest households benefit by an average of £420 a year. Much more needs to be done, but this is the first step towards delivering on the manifesto commitment to review Universal Credit. Further details about the review will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 12/12/2024 13:46:30 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5066

1748207

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on reforming the welfare system for people with mental ill-health.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
	tabling member printed	Jessica Toale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes there is a strong case to change the system of health and disability benefits across Great Britain so that it better enables people to enter and remain in work, and to respond to the complex and fluctuating nature of the health conditions many people live with today.</p><p> </p><p>We will be working to develop proposals for reform in the months ahead and will set them out for consultation and engagement in a Green Paper in spring 2025. <br></p><p>This Government is committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of all that we do, so we will consult on these proposals with disabled people and representative organisations.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 12/12/2024 13:48:20 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5202

1748293

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii) other claimants of benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South and South Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>DWP pays benefits and pensions on the date a payment is due. DWP assesses the impact on benefit claimants and pensioners of interruptions to normal access to banking services.</p><p> </p><p>This year, 24 December 2024 is a normal banking day and so customers will be able to access their payments as normal, including those paid through the Payment Exception Service. Customers that are due to receive their payments at weekends or on bank holidays receive them on the previous banking day. Therefore, customers with due dates falling on 25 or 26 December 2024 will receive their payment on 24 December 2024 when banking services are available.</p><p> </p><p>These changes are communicated to customers so that they understand when their payment will be received to support financial independence and planning. New claimants who are waiting for their first payment and who may be experiencing hardship have the facility to request an advance of their payment.</p><p> </p><p>Aside from these circumstances, making a payment of benefit or pension earlier than the due date risks increasing the vulnerability of customers, who will then need to make their payment last for a longer period until the next due date.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 12/12/2024 15:57:13 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1748041

	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	Bus Services: Lincolnshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the level of the bus fare cap on public transport use in Lincolnshire.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2024 answer text <p>In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the current £2 cap on bus fares had been due to expire on 31 December 2024, and prior to the Budget, there was no further funding available to maintain the cap beyond this point.</p><p></p><p>The published interim evaluation of the £2 fare cap showed that patronage continued to recover following the COVID 19 pandemic and early evidence from the first two months of the scheme suggested the £2 fare cap may be playing a role in this recovery. The final evaluation of the £2 fare cap, including a further assessment of its impact on patronage will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 11/12/2024 10:29:07 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1748063

	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	Public Transport: Longbridge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 120 of Network Rail North West and Central's publication entitled West Midlands Strategic Advice, published in October 2022, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the proposed (a) Longbridge Interchange project and (b) extension of Camp Hill services to Longbridge railway station.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government funds rail upgrades through the 'Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline'. Network Rail, or a third party, such as Midlands Connect or West Midlands Rail Executive, can bring forward proposals and make the case for development funding through this process, and schemes are assessed on alignment with the Government's priorities, value for money, and affordability.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 12/12/2024 15:13:26 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5234