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1667690

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date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) commission a public awareness campaign on the potential merits of owning an L-Category vehicle and (b) introduce (i) grants, (ii) incentives and (iii) other demand-side policies for the L-Category vehicle sector in the period before the phase-out of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government’s Plug-in Vehicle Grants have been in place for over a decade. This includes the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant, which was introduced in 2017. It provides £500 towards eligible zero-emission L3 vehicles (motorcycles) and £150 towards eligible zero-emission L1 vehicles (mopeds). Through this grant, the Government has provided £8m funding to support the adoption of these vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles (including mopeds and motorcycles) was conducted earlier this year. The Department is analysing the responses and will publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to commission a specific public awareness campaign on the merits of owning an L-Category vehicle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 15:42:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1461214

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability Aids: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 113194 on Disability Aids: Technology, what further progress her Department has made towards exploring how a Centre for Assistive and Accessible Technology might drive improvements in public services.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to disability policy that supports all areas of life, and to taking action to create a society that works for everyone so we can build back better - and fairer.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has sought permission to appeal the High Court's declaration in Binder vs SSWP, and whilst we await the outcome, the Secretary of State is considering how to proceed with policies, activities, and actions that fall within the department's remit. Next steps regarding the Centre for Assistive and Accessible Technology will be set forth in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/05/2022 10:50:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1313287

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 March 2021 to Question 166493 on Occupational Health, what further progress her Department has made towards publishing in full the survey entitled, Sickness absence and health in the workplace: understanding employer behaviour and practice employers relating to workplace health following the publication of the interim report of that title in June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>As highlighted in our response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-10/166493" target="_blank">Question 166493</a>, the forthcoming government response to the Health is Everyone's Business consultation draws on evidence in the ‘Sickness absence and health in the workplace’ report. It is therefore our intention for the research report to be published alongside the consultation response which we anticipate will be available shortly.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/05/2021 16:08:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1149041

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders' Family and other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Farmer Review for women, published on 18 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime and public protection is our priority. The Sentencing Bill, announced in the Queens Speech, will contain a range of measures targeted at the most serious violent and sexual offenders to ensure their punishment reflects the severity of their crimes. It will also contain proposals for community penalties that offer an appropriate level of punishment, while tackling the underlying drivers of offending. While custody should be available as a last resort, if we are to break the cycle of reoffending, solutions will often lie in community sentences, including those which address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, or provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to the vision and aims set out in our Female Offender Strategy (June 2018); which aims to see fewer women in custody. There is persuasive evidence that many women, particularly on short custodial sentences, can be better supported in the community on robust and effective community sentences. Where a woman needs to be in custody, we want to provide rehabilitative regimes specifically tailored to women’s needs to break the reoffending cycle. However, we know that for many vulnerable women, with the right support at the right time, there are opportunities to prevent them from entering the criminal justice system at all. Publication of the Strategy was the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders that will take some years to deliver.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Farmer’s review, The Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders' Family and other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime, continued his work on the importance of family ties in improving outcomes for offenders, by looking at the issues for female offenders in the community and custody. We welcome the findings and recommendations of the review and we are committed to taking this important area of work forward. The 33 recommendations cover a number of Government departments, and officials are working at pace to see how we can best give effect to them in both the short and longer term. We have accepted Lord Farmer’s recommendation for this work to be embedded into joint policy and operational Family Strategy Working Group (FWSG), which is already taking forward implementation of the original Farmer Review. We are reporting to Lord Farmer with progress on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 366 367 369 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:35:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

731371

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Hedges and Ditches: Mediation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce legislative proposals to abolish or reduce the fees local authorities charge to mediate high-hedge disputes under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 and the High Hedges Regulations 2005.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have discretion over whether to set fees for dealing with high hedges complaints and to set their level. Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003, the high hedges legislation, enables local authorities in England to charge fees for intervening in unresolved neighbour disputes about tall evergreen hedges. Decisions on setting such fees are a matter for each local authority and has been since the legislation was implemented.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/06/2017 10:22:03 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347358

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government was elected with a mandate to reform and modernise the UK human rights framework. The UK has a proud tradition of respect for human rights which long pre-dates the 1998 Human Rights Act. The 1998 Act opened the system to abuse, which has damaged the credibility of human rights.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for a British Bill of Rights, which will replace the Human Rights Act. Our Bill will protect fundamental human rights, but also prevent their abuse and restore common sense to the system.</p><p> </p><p>We will fully consult on our proposals before introducing legislation.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 03/06/2015 14:36:15 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry