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1725457

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the ban on new oil and gas licences on taxation revenues to (a) 2030, (b) 2035, (c) 2040, (d) 2045 and (e) 2050.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The government will consult later this year on the implementation of its manifesto position not to issue new oil and gas licences to explore new fields.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasts for oil and gas tax revenues are published by the Office for Budget Responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 09/09/2024 13:43:20 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1671909

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on pest control in the prison estate in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has significantly increased investment in custodial Facilities Management over the period, including in pest control activity. The amount spent on pest control in the prison estate for each financial year since 2018 is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Pest Control Costs (£000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>1,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>1,172</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/11/2023 17:41:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1315732

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of defence equipment contracts awarded by his Department was in (a) March and (b) April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Defence procurement projects cover an extensive range of equipment, infrastructure, information services and broad service contracts.</p><p> </p><p>With over 500 contracts placed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) since March 2021, including over 40 contracts with a value over £5 million, specific details concerning equipment contracts could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD publishes statistics on organisations paid more than £5 million and the levels of expenditure against competitive and non-competitive contracts, although due to the need to verify the information before publication, the next update is not expected until later this year. The most recent publication can be found at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index.</p><p> </p><p>MOD contracts worth over £10,000 are published on the Government's Contracts Finder website at: www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 2876 question first answered 24/05/2021 14:35:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1151102

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Local Broadcasting: Radio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing Ofcom to protect local radio news services from reductions by multimedia companies.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Ofcom has a statutory duty under section 314 of the Communication Act 2013 to ensure that holders of analogue local radio licences carry locally relevant content and that a suitable proportion of local content is made locally. Ofcom are required to publish and keep under review guidance for commercial radio licensees setting out the detailed local programming requirements that Ofcom has considers appropriate for local stations to carry, including the minimum amount of locally made news. Ofcom's localness guidelines are published on Ofcom's website. <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/radio-broadcasters/localness" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/radio-broadcasters/localness</a></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/10/2019 12:53:27 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

748033

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to change regulations covering insurance claims for whiplash.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the Queens Speech on 21 June, the Government will bring forward legislation to tackle the continuing high number and cost of whiplash claims by:</p><ul><li>introducing a fixed tariff of compensation for pain, suffering and loss of amenity for whiplash claims with a duration of up to two years; and</li><li>banning the practice of seeking or offering to settle whiplash claims without medical evidence.</li></ul><p>These measures will be supported by further secondary legislative changes to the Civil Procedure Rules to increase the small claims track limit for road traffic accident related personal injury claims to £5,000, and for all other personal injury claims to £2,000.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/07/2017 15:40:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

381774

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fracking and Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications her Department has received for licences for unconventional gas extraction since 2010; how many such applications were approved; how many applications her Department has received for onshore wind generation facilities since 2010; and how many such applications were approved.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	2875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) grant exclusive rights to extract hydrocarbons within a particular onshore area. These rights include, but are not exclusive to, unconventional gas. A further consent is required before any extraction can take place. No PEDLs have been issued since 2008. Applications for PEDLs under the 14<sup>th</sup> Onshore Licensing Round are currently being considered – 95 applications for 295 licence blocks have been made.</p><p>Since 2010 DECC has received 3 planning applications for onshore windfarms above 50MW and the Planning Inspectorate has received 1 further application for examination. 6 onshore wind applications above 50MW have been approved by the Secretary of State in the period. In addition, at the end of March 2015, five years after the introduction of the Feed-in Tariff scheme, 6,830 sub 5MW installations totalling 396MW had been registered on the scheme. The Renewables Obligation was introduced in 2002 to support large scale renewable electricity in the UK and since 2010 Ofgem have accredited 415 onshore wind stations totalling 4.28 GW under the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:11:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson