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1663948

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Non-binary People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy personnel identify as non-binary.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	201801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. The Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) records a Service Person’s sex and sexual orientation; there is no option to record gender identity. For those who transition their gender (gender reassignment), the record for sex in JPA will be changed accordingly. That a person has transitioned their gender is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 201802 201803 201804 201805 201806 question first answered 23/10/2023 14:37:16 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1663949

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy personnel identify as transgender.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	201802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. The Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) records a Service Person’s sex and sexual orientation; there is no option to record gender identity. For those who transition their gender (gender reassignment), the record for sex in JPA will be changed accordingly. That a person has transitioned their gender is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 201801 201803 201804 201805 201806 question first answered 23/10/2023 14:37:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1663950

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Non-binary People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Air Force personnel identify as non-binary.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	201803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. The Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) records a Service Person’s sex and sexual orientation; there is no option to record gender identity. For those who transition their gender (gender reassignment), the record for sex in JPA will be changed accordingly. That a person has transitioned their gender is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 201801 201802 201804 201805 201806 question first answered 23/10/2023 14:37:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1663951

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Air Force personnel identify as transgender.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	201804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. The Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) records a Service Person’s sex and sexual orientation; there is no option to record gender identity. For those who transition their gender (gender reassignment), the record for sex in JPA will be changed accordingly. That a person has transitioned their gender is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 201801 201802 201803 201805 201806 question first answered 23/10/2023 14:37:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1663952

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Non-binary People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army personnel identify as non-binary.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	201805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. The Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) records a Service Person’s sex and sexual orientation; there is no option to record gender identity. For those who transition their gender (gender reassignment), the record for sex in JPA will be changed accordingly. That a person has transitioned their gender is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 201801 201802 201803 201804 201806 question first answered 23/10/2023 14:37:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1663953

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army personnel identify as transgender.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	201806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. The Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) records a Service Person’s sex and sexual orientation; there is no option to record gender identity. For those who transition their gender (gender reassignment), the record for sex in JPA will be changed accordingly. That a person has transitioned their gender is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 201801 201802 201803 201804 201805 question first answered 23/10/2023 14:37:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1661350

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television: Local Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce administrative (a) time and (b) cost for local TV operators renewing local TV licences.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	200067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>On 7 June 2023, the government launched a public consultation on the renewal of local TV licences. Through the consultation, the government put forward various options for renewal of the multiplex licence, and for the renewal or relicensing of the 34 individual local TV services. The consultation document considered, among other things, which options would minimise the administrative burden on local TV operators.</p><p>The consultation was open for 12 weeks, and closed on 13 September. A summary of in-scope responses submitted to the consultation and the government’s response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 20/10/2023 08:12:45 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1661351

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television: Local Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure local TV services can continue to secure (a) carriage and (b) discoverability on TV sets during the transition to internet protocol television delivery.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	200068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The government remains committed to securing the most effective framework for local TV operators going forward. This includes continuing to engage with the sector over the next decade to ensure local TV has the tools to deliver its statutory objectives in a changing broadcasting ecology.</p><p>To support this, the government will continue providing the regulatory benefits that local TV services have received since 2013. These benefits include, but are not limited to, continued access to digital terrestrial television (DTT) and prominence on DTT and other linear TV platforms, including internet protocol television.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 20/10/2023 08:15:30 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1661389

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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	Geothermal Power: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198502 on Geothermal Power: Southampton, what funding is available for a more detailed study to understand the full potential of heating available from the Wessex Basin Aquifer.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	200106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) provides grant funding to local authorities and select public and private sector organisations in England and Wales for heat network development. This support is available via bidding rounds. Up to 67% of the total eligible costs of a development stage is available, with the exception of project management costs, which may be fully funded by HNDU for public sector applicants and registered social landlords. Grant funding is provided to successful local authorities under Section 31 of the Local Government Act and other applicants under Section 98 of the National Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, Round 13 is open for applicants, closing on 31 December 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2023 12:15:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1660999

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Community News Project
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implication for its polices of the announcement by Meta that it plans to discontinue its funding for the Community News Project on local journalism.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	199754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The government is disappointed to see that Meta is closing its Community News Project. We are working to support journalism and local newsrooms to ensure the sustainability of this vital industry, and our new digital markets regime will help rebalance the relationship between the most powerful platforms and those who rely on them – including press publishers.</p><p>Additionally, our support for the sector has included the delivery of the £2 million Future News Fund; the zero rating of VAT on e-newspapers; the extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; the publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy; and the BBC also supports the sector directly, through the £8m it spends each year on the Local News Partnership, including the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 20/09/2023 10:54:56 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith