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1736054

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Ministerial Code to specifically include (a) commercially sensitive statements and (b) personal boycotts.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to PQ 9328 of 22 October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 30/10/2024 14:41:05 answering member 5305
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1736057

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work (a) has been undertaken and (b) is planned on the creation of a long-term strategy for rolling stock.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>As part of our reforms to the railway, the Government will develop a long-term strategy for rolling stock promoting a longer-term, whole-system approach. This strategy will seek to provide a strong and steady pipeline of orders, supporting British manufacturing and ending the volatility in demand that we have seen over recent years. It will also consider the best financing structures for future orders in partnership with private capital.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are working to develop this strategy alongside the creation of Great British Railways.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 30/10/2024 16:26:12 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735723

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Go Ahead Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has met with representatives from GoAhead Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State visited GoAhead in July, and plans to meet representatives again in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 29/10/2024 17:24:42 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735724

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Contracts
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 14 October 2024 to Question 6166 on East Anglia Rail Franchise, what are the contractual conditions for termination of rail operator contracts.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The events under which an operator would default on its National Rail Contract with the Secretary of State, and events under which termination of the contract would be applicable, are set out in the National Rail Contracts, in particular in Chapter 9.4.1. National Rail Contracts are published as part of the Public Register of Rail Passenger Contracts and are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 29/10/2024 16:56:51 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735725

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
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 the motor insurance taskforce will review postcode insurance pricing.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 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 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> </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. 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> </p><p>The Taskforce will evaluate the impact of increased insurance costs on consumers and the insurance industry, including how this impacts different demographics, geographies, and communities.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 28/10/2024 13:47:00 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735726

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had direct discussions with her Welsh counterpart since July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had direct discussions with her Welsh counterpart since July 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 29/10/2024 17:28:27 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735727

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had direct discussions with her Scottish counterpart since July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had direct discussions with her Scottish counterpart since July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 29/10/2024 17:30:02 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735728

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Network Rail has made on the access charge discount scheme.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	10114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>To date, under Network Rail’s Access Charges Discount Policy for Control Period 7, two applications have been approved. The first, which has commenced operations is a five day per week service between Tilbury and Manchester. The second is a twice a week service from Southampton to London Gateway that will be starting in the coming weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 29/10/2024 17:08:04 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735131

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
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 ensure that there are sufficient school places to meet demand in new housing developments in the countryside; and whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Transport to ensure that there are sufficient buses to enable children in rural areas to travel to school.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	9744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for children in their area. The department engages with local authorities on a regular basis to review their plans for creating additional primary and pre-16 secondary school places, and to consider alternatives where necessary. When local authorities are experiencing difficulties, the department offers support and advice.</p><p>The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school capacity data. Nearly £1.5 billion of allocations have been confirmed to support local authorities to create school places needed over the current and next two academic years, up to and including the academic year starting in September 2026.</p><p>Developer contributions are also an important way of helping to meet demand for new school places when housing developments are increasing pupil numbers. It is for the Local Planning Authority (LPA) to secure developer contributions through section 106 agreements or through the Community Infrastructure Levy, and to decide on the local infrastructure needs that this contribution should support. The department would encourage LPAs to secure significant contributions for new school places and to work closely with colleagues planning school places in their area, including county councils when the local authority responsible for education is not the LPA.</p><p>Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities and provide access to schools and other services. This government has set out an action plan to deliver better bus services and drive opportunity across the country-served regions. The government will introduce the Buses Bill to put the power over local bus services in the hands of local leaders to ensure networks can meet the needs of the communities who rely on them.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 25/10/2024 12:19:46 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1735137

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy and Numeracy: Standards
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 improve (a) (i) basic and (ii) general literacy and (b) (A) times tables and (B) general numeracy rates.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	9745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life. The government knows that increases in mathematics and English skills also benefit family life, children’s development and education, civic participation, and have a positive impact on relationships between employees and employers.</p><p>The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18. This is chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE, an expert in education policy, including curriculum and social inequality. The review will look closely at the key challenges to attainment for young people, and the barriers which hold children back from the opportunities and life chances they deserve. In particular, children who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, or with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><p>To support basic literacy from the early years, we are investing over £20 million in the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme. This programme targets reception aged children needing extra support with their speech and language development and is proven to help them make four months of additional progress, and seven months of additional progress for those eligible for free school meals.</p><p>Additionally, programmes such as the English Hubs and Maths Hubs aim to improve the teaching of literacy and mathematics, as the department knows that the quality of teaching is the biggest educational factor in determining children’s outcomes. All eligible year 4 pupils in England are required to take the multiplication table check which is an on-screen assessment testing pupils' ability to fluently recall their knowledge of multiplication tables up to 12 x 12. 29% of eligible children scored full marks in 2023 and the average attainment score was 20.2 marks out of 25.</p><p>The department’s ‘essential skills’ legal entitlements funded through the adult skills fund provide the opportunity for fully funded study for eligible adults who do not have essential literacy and numeracy skills, up to and including Level 2.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 25/10/2024 11:04:45 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately