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1733776

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date	14/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6326 on Probation Service, what new funding has been allocated to (a) the Probation Service, (b) the Electronic Monitoring Service and (c) support other services provided to offenders in the community, in the context of the early prisoner release scheme.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>Recognising the Probation Service’s crucial role in protecting the public and rehabilitation, the Department has committed to funding at least 1,000 additional trainee probation officers by the end of March 2025.</p><p>Given the multitude of factors involved, each with its own budget, it is not feasible to isolate a single expense figure for SDS40 borne by the Probation Service. Commercial discussions are ongoing to confirm the level of additional expenditure the electronic monitoring service provider may charge.</p><p>Throughout the SDS40 implementation process, HMPPS and partnered agencies have ensured robust support is in place for offenders leaving custody, including continuity of health and substance misuse provision and access to employment, benefits, and accommodation. For example, the Lord Chancellor has authorised probation directors to use alternative arrangements for accommodation which can include budget hotels and B&amp;Bs. This has been funded through reprioritisation of existing budgets. This is a temporary measure and we will ensure all appropriate safeguards are in place.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 17/10/2024 16:47:08 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1733780

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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	Hinduism: Hate Crime
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 anti-Hindu hatred in Aylesbury constituency.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Laura Kyrke-Smith
uin	8929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partners to monitor and combat this. This Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and we will not tolerate anti-Hindu hatred in any form.</p><p>From 2016/17 to 2022/23, under the Protective Security for Places of Worship Scheme, the Home Office has approved security measures at 523 places of worship across England and Wales, including Hindu temples. In 2024/25, £3.5 million will be available for the places of worship and associated faith community through the scheme.</p><p>More broadly, we continue to look at tackling all forms of religious hatred and the government is actively exploring a more integrated and cohesive approach to this.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 17/10/2024 16:16:25 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	5341

1733821

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Exchequer Secretary's oral contribution during the debate on VAT: Independent Schools of 8 October 2024, Official Report, column 171, if she will publish the Government's own analysis on the potential impact of adding VAT to school fees on pupils and their families across the state and private school sectors.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Ben Obese-Jecty
uin	8945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The government has carefully considered the impact these policies will have on pupils and their families across both the state and private sector, as well as the impact they will have on state and private schools. Following scrutiny by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), details of the Government’s assessment of the expected impacts of these policy changes will be published at the Budget on 30 October in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 17/10/2024 16:10:10 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	5089

1734142

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: South Basildon and East Thurrock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many EV charging points there are in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency; and what estimate her Department has made of the potential demand for the future installation of such charging points.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	James McMurdock
uin	9088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Data on electric vehicle charging devices in the UK, held by the Department for Transport (DfT), are sourced from those installed or funded under Government approved grant schemes and from the electric vehicle charging platform Zapmap. The latest data available for the South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency is at 1 July 2024, and reflects the constituency boundary at that point. This shows there were 15 public charging devices and that the Government has historically supported installation of 401 residential chargepoints, plus 41 workplace charging sockets. DfT does not collect data on private household charging except when installed or funded under a Government grant, therefore the true number of charging devices may be higher than recorded in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>To support the electric vehicle transition more charging infrastructure will be needed across the country. The exact number in a location will depend on a variety of factors such as availability of off-street parking, future charging behaviour and local driving patterns.</p><p> </p><p>South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency is part of Thurrock Council and Essex County Council. Under the Government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund, Thurrock Council has been allocated £843,000 in capital and resource funding and Essex County Council has been allocated £9,102,000. This will help them work with industry to rollout additional local public chargepoints supporting future demand.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 18/10/2024 10:04:41 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5361

1734145

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: South Basildon and East Thurrock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve bus services in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	James McMurdock
uin	9091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities. As announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, the government will introduce a Buses Bill later this parliamentary session, which will put decision-making into the hands of local leaders across England, including in South Basildon and East Thurrock. This will allow local areas to determine how best to design their bus services so that they have control over routes and schedules.</p><p>The government has also committed to increasing accountability by providing safeguards over local networks across the country and empowering local transport authorities through reforms to bus funding.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 18/10/2024 09:53:48 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	5361

1734149

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Basildon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the trial of e-scooters in Basildon.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	James McMurdock
uin	9095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The national evaluation of the e-scooter trials was published in 2022 and was a comprehensive review of the e-scooter trials. The Essex trial was one of the 10 trials selected for the user and resident survey.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 18/10/2024 09:47:12 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	5361

1734150

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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	Internet: South Basildon and East Thurrock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve internet connections in the South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	James McMurdock
uin	9096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, over 98% of premises in the South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency have access to superfast broadband speeds (&gt;=30 Mbps) and over 90% can access a gigabit-capable (&gt;1000 Mbps) connection.</p><p>Remaining premises that are not expected to receive a gigabit-capable connection through suppliers’ commercial rollout are being considered for support through Project Gigabit. Under a cross-regional framework agreement with Openreach, we plan to procure a contract to deliver fast, reliable broadband to eligible premises in the area.</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 18/10/2024 13:19:54 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	5361

1733592

registered interest
date	11/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Land: Burial
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of land for burials.
tabling member constituency	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
tabling member printed	Alex Mayer
uin	8719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware of increasing localised pressure on burial spaces in certain parts of the country and we welcome information from burial providers and local communities about the situation in their areas, as this is helpful in enabling us to build an up-to-date national picture. However, we do not have day-to-day operational responsibility for burial grounds which are managed locally. It is a matter for each authority to allocate local resources in line with local priorities.</p><p>The Law Commission is currently consulting on its proposals for reforms to burial law. The consultation includes consideration of the availability of burial space in England and Wales. The Government looks forward to the Law Commission’s final recommendations in due course.The consultation can be found at: <a href="https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/burial-and-cremation/" target="_blank">https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/burial-and-cremation/.</a></p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones question first answered 18/10/2024 14:21:54 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
tabling member	5141

1733623

registered interest
date	11/10/2024
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	Infant Foods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish voluntary industry guidelines on commercial infant and baby food and drink.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Rebecca Smith
uin	8737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The independent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), for their report on Feeding Young Children aged 1 to 5 years, published in July 2023, recommended that foods, including snacks that are high in salt, free sugars, saturated fat, or are energy dense, should be limited in the diets of children aged one to five years  old and that commercially manufactured foods and drinks marketed specifically for infants and young children are not needed to meet nutrition requirements. <br> <br> We face a childhood obesity crisis and the Government is committed to raising the healthiest next generation. Under our health mission and shift to prevention we are considering what action is needed to respond to the SACN commercial baby food recommendations to establish healthy habits as early as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 17/10/2024 16:29:11 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5301

1733624

registered interest
date	11/10/2024
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	Infant Foods: Nutrition
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 has made an assessment of the adequacy of the nutritional content of commercial infant and baby foods.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Rebecca Smith
uin	8738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>An evidence review on commercial baby food and drink, published in June 2019, showed that young children are eating too much sugar and salt, and energy intakes are exceeding requirements. Some baby foods, particularly finger foods, had added sugar or salt or contained ingredients that are high in sugar or salt. More information on this review is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commercial-infant-and-baby-food-and-drink-evidence-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commercial-infant-and-baby-food-and-drink-evidence-review</a></p><p>More recent evidence considered by the independent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), for their report on Feeding Young Children aged 1 to 5 years, published in July 2023, reported that among children aged 12 to 18 months old who consumed commercial baby food and drinks, these products provided around 20% of free sugars intakes. Free sugar intakes are above recommendations for children at all ages where recommendations have been set.</p><p>SACN recommended in this report that foods, including snacks that are high in salt, free sugars, saturated fat, or are energy dense, should be limited in the diets of children aged one to five years and that commercially manufactured foods and drinks marketed specifically for infants and young children are not needed to meet nutrition requirements.</p><p>We face a childhood obesity crisis and the Government is committed to raising the healthiest next generation. Under our health mission and shift to prevention we are considering what action is needed to respond to the SACN commercial baby food recommendations to establish healthy habits as early as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 17/10/2024 16:25:33 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5301