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1746043

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the insurance industry on (a) increases in car insurance costs and (b) steps being taken by (i) the Government and (ii) insurers to reduce those costs.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>This Government committed in its manifesto to tackle the high costs of motor insurance. To deliver on this commitment, the UK Government has formed a cross-government Taskforce on motor insurance, co-chaired by the Department for Transport and His Majesty’s Treasury, which met for the first time on 16th October.</p><p>The Taskforce is comprised of ministers from relevant government departments and by the Financial Conduct Authority and Competition and Markets Authority. The Taskforce is supported by a separate Stakeholder Panel of industry experts representing the insurance, motor, and consumer sector.</p><p>This Taskforce has a strategic remit to set the direction for UK Government policy, identifying short- and long-term actions for departments that may contribute to stabilising or reducing premiums, while maintaining appropriate levels of cover. It will evaluate the impact of increased insurance costs on consumers and the insurance industry, including how this impacts different demographics, geographies, and communities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 05/12/2024 17:08:42 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1746088

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in liability for inheritance tax on levels of tax avoidance.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to restore economic stability, fix the public finances, and support public services. These were tough decisions given the situation we inherited from the previous administration, but the Government has done so in a way that makes the tax system fairer and more sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>These decisions included reforming the inheritance tax rules on pensions, agricultural property relief, and business property relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published a technical consultation on the changes to inheritance tax rules for pension funds and death benefits at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/inheritance-tax-on-pensions-liability-reporting-and-payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with standard practice, a tax information and impact note will be published alongside the draft legislation before the relevant Finance Bill.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 05/12/2024 17:04:02 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1746100

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report on women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, if she will publish the related departmental submissions to the Ombudsman.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West and Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>We will not publish the Departmental submissions to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman’s investigations are conducted in private as set out in section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 05/12/2024 17:33:35 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1746101

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report on women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, if she will publish related (a) impact assessments and (b) financial modelling for a compensation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West and Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>We will consider what to publish when we announce our decision on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 05/12/2024 17:34:59 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1746104

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Gosport
	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 practical driving tests in Gosport constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</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 recent recruitment at DTCs that serve the Gosport constituency, DVSA has had two new examiners successfully complete training, with another potential new examiner currently in training. A further seven potential applicants are in the application process and if successful, will be offered training courses in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 05/12/2024 17:05:25 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1746124

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	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	Energy: Housing
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that support is available for households that (a) are not on low incomes and (b) do not have access to capital upfront to retrofit their homes.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Warm Homes Plan, the Government has committed an initial £3.4 billion over the next 3 years towards heat decarbonisation and household energy efficiency, with £1 billion of this allocated to next year. Additional funding will be considered in Phase 2 of the Spending Review, as the Warm Homes Plan is further developed.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is exploring the role of incentives and private finance for households to support homeowners with the upfront costs of energy efficiency improvements and low carbon heating. This includes the Green Home Finance Accelerator Programme which has made £20 million available to support in developing green finance products.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 05/12/2024 12:17:07 answering member 5099
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1746126

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	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	Employment Tribunals Service: Local Government
	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 estimate she has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across local government in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 05/12/2024 15:46:32 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1746127

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	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	NHS: Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across the NHS in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department or NHS England. No estimate has been made on the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across the National Health Service in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 05/12/2024 09:41:11 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1746138

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is available through the medium of Welsh for probation officers in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>Currently, whilst we do not offer national training for Probation Officers in Welsh we can provide learning materials and effective practice briefings in Welsh upon request.</p><p>We are dedicated to fostering a workplace environment that encourages and embraces the use of the Welsh language in daily work practices. This commitment includes a staff Welsh language forum, and we will soon be launching a Welsh Language Skills Policy focused on supporting our staff.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 05/12/2024 15:05:04 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1746141

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) number of family businesses and (b) employment levels within those businesses.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Dame Harriett Baldwin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government inherited a difficult fiscal situation and so we are asking businesses to contribute to fixing the foundations and our public services. As part of the decisions made at Budget, the Government assessed the impact of measures introduced on businesses, including by size of business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has protected the smallest businesses from the impact of the increase to Employer National Insurance by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also announced changes to inheritance tax, including reforms to business property relief (BPR). The Government has protected smaller family businesses from BPR changes, providing a very significant level of relief with the first £1 million of business assets continuing to receive 100% relief and then 50% thereafter. In 2021-22, the median value of assets qualifying for business property relief was £200,000, and 87 per cent of estates claimed for business property below £1 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 forecast, which takes into account impacts from policy measures announced in the Budget, expects the employment level to increase from 33.1 million in 2024 to 34.3 million in 2029.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 05/12/2024 17:05:30 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin