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1676403

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	British Standards Institution: Certification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will commemorate the 120th anniversary of the BSI Kitemark.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	5817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government congratulates the British Standards Institution (BSI) in reaching the 120<sup>th</sup> anniversary of their Kitemark and also commends their work as the UK’s National Standards body. However, there are no plans to commemorate the reaching of this landmark.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/12/2023 09:47:22 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1675841

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Arts: Finance
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 provided funding to the Turner Prize (a) directly and (b) indirectly via an organisation in receipt of funding from her Department in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	5515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>DCMS does not provide direct funding to the Turner Prize. The Prize is managed by Tate, which funds it via a mixture of fundraising, contributions from host venues, and from Tate’s own budgets. DCMS provides Grant in Aid funding to Tate to support the organisation's overall operational and capital requirements.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 18/12/2023 10:43:35 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1675098

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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, whether his Department makes an assessment of the (a) quality and (b) durability of (i) pothole repairs, (ii) resurfacing and (c) other maintenance of local roads.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	4964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department works with both local highway authorities and National Highways to assess road surface condition across England annually. Local highway authorities undertake road condition surveys on their classified road networks, and their surveys identify road defects and provide an overall score of road condition. The latest data was published on gov.uk on 23 November 2023:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2023</a></p><p> </p><p>It is up to local highway authorities to determine how best to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, taking into account local circumstances and priorities. This includes decisions on the equipment, techniques, and materials used as part of their maintenance activities. The Department advocates a risk-based, whole-lifecycle-asset management approach that considers all parts of the highway network, and recommends that authorities follow the best practice guidance set out in the Well-managed Highway Infrastructure Code of Practice which is available via the website of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/12/2023 16:23:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1672322

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Israel: Tunisia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his Tunisian counterpart on that country's Parliamentary Committee's approval of a draft bill criminalising the normalisation of relations with Israel; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that bill on regional relations.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	3196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has had no discussions with his Tunisian counterpart regarding the issue the Member for Milton Keynes South refers to. The UK is a firm supporter of Israel's normalisation ambitions, and of the Abraham Accords which are a historic milestone that bring us closer to the goal of shared prosperity throughout the region. We continue to encourage close regional cooperation in order to tackle regional challenges and, as we look ahead to the future, to secure a meaningful political horizon for Israelis and Palestinians.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 01/12/2023 14:42:25 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1659901

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Woodhill Prison: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of levels of staff (a) retention and (b) morale at HMP Woodhill.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	906348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Ensuring prison officers stay and progress their careers is a priority, and we are working hard to retain and develop clear career paths for operational staff.</p><p>HMP Woodhill has implemented an action plan focused on staff retention and improvements have been seen in attrition rates this year.</p><p>We have created a retention framework which is linked to wider activities around employee experience, employee lifecycle and staff engagement at work.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, will publish an initial action plan by no later than 29 September 2023, addressing immediate concerns at HMP Woodhill. The prison is already taking steps to drive improvement including:</p><ul><li>receiving support from the Standards Coaching Team, which provides prisons with advice to improve standards in priority locations; and</li><li>temporarily reducing capacity to free up resources and support stability.</li></ul><p>We will be monitoring the situation at HMP Woodhill very closely to ensure there is a speedy and sustained improvement.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2023 16:42:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1583040

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Enhanced Partnerships are operating in England outside London; and what the current status is of any proposed Enhanced Partnerships not yet operating.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	137816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>76 Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) in England outside London are pursuing an Enhanced Partnership (EP) to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) and provide better bus services to passengers. The majority of LTAs that have been awarded BSIP funding have now made their EPs.</p><p> </p><p>For LTAs not in receipt of BSIP funding, 10 are finalising the content of their EP, in consultation with local bus operators and the rest have either now made their EP or are in the final stage awaiting the approval of local decision makers before making their EP. We expect the vast majority of EPs to be made and in operation by 31 March 2023.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/02/2023 16:14:41 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1583041

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local transport authorities have received confirmation of their Bus Service Improvement Plan funding; how much of that funding has been disbursed; and which of those authorities have received their funding.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	137817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Funding for 29 Bus Service Improvement Plans has been confirmed, representing 31 Local Transport Authorities. So far, payments have been made to 23 Local Transport Authorities to deliver the first year of their plans. To date, £143.5 million has been paid.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/02/2023 16:11:36 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1583049

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to evidence given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Roads, Buses and Places to the Transport Committee at Question 423 on 29 June 2022, what progress has been made in implementing multi-operator ticketing for buses in England outside London; and what stage his Department’s planned procurement process to develop a technical solution for multi-operator ticketing and automatic revenue apportionment has reached.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	137820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>My Department is working with representatives from the bus industry, through the Project Coral consortium, as well as Transport for the West Midlands and Midlands Connect, to develop a technical solution for multi-operator ticketing and automatic revenue apportionment for buses in England outside of London. Procurement is planned later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging local authorities in England, through Enhanced Partnerships, to pursue low-cost, interim measures whilst the national system is being developed. For example, through paper-based, multi-operator tickets and mutual acceptance of return tickets, where different operators serve the same corridor.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/02/2023 16:32:04 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1583051

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to allocate the next tranche of funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area scheme; and whether his Department is considering changes to the structure of the scheme (a) in general and (b) in order to incentivise local authorities to place bus orders more quickly once they have been allocated funding.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	137822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>We have funded an estimated 3,378 Zero Emission Buses across the UK so far. The Department will provide details on future funding for ZEBs in due course, taking into account the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 08/02/2023 11:12:46 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1583056

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to evidence given by the Campaign for Better Transport to the Transport Committee on the National Bus Strategy: one year on, published on 20 April 2022, if he will publish the 2021 research report prepared for his Department by the Campaign for Better Transport on the capacity and capability of local transport authorities in respect of bus services planning and delivery.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	137827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 08/02/2023 10:58:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart