Written answers

Tuesday, 3 September 2024

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of lower carbon-emitting fuels on the rate of decarbonisation of the maritime sector.

    • Cars: Hire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her (a) Department and (b) agencies take steps to (i) monitor and (ii) prevent the use of vehicles by car rental operators registered outside...

      Railway Stations: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to allocate further funding through the Access for All programme.

      Road Traffic Control: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to manage HGV traffic to Dover in addition to the use of (a) Operation Brock and (b) Brenley Corner.

      Roads: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department plans to provide for road improvements at (a) Blue Bell Hill, (b) Brenley Corner and (c) other roads in Kent.

      Clean Air Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to increase the number of clean air zones.

      Roads: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to increase the number of roads with 20 mph speed limits.

      Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to (a) consider further introductions of and (b) increase the use of (i) congestion, (ii) ultra low emission zone and (iii) pay per...

      Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned into the potential impacts of (i) pay per mile road charging and (ii) similar schemes.

      Road Works: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to respond to the closed consultation entitled Street works: fines and lane rental surplus funds.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Pavement parking: options for change, published on 29 June 2023.

      Motorways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to build new smart motorways.

      Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for (a) retaining and (b) amending her Department's statutory guidance entitled Implementing low traffic neighbourhoods, which was...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will use money from the cancellation of the A27 to repair potholes.

      Road Works

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of the road network that was restricted due to (a) roadworks and (b) closures on 22 July 2024.

      Road Works: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost is of (a) overrunning and (b) delayed road maintenance works.

      Road Works: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) roadworks and (b) road maintenance are carried out in the most (i) efficient and (ii) cost-effective way.

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on (a) strategic rail projects in the north of England and (b) Northern Powerhouse Rail.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish an updated Road Safety Statement; and whether that update will include a Vision Zero approach.

      A180

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) roadway noise and (b) other environmental impacts of the A180.

      A12 and A14: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to help tackle congestion at Copdock Junction of the A14 and A12 in Suffolk.

      Roads: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential (a) cost of and (b) return per pound spent on each scheme in the (i) Strategic Road Network and...

      Restoring Your Railways Fund: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve rail connections in Somerton and Langport in the context of the cancellation of the Restoring...

      Rapid Transit Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the tram train pilot between Sheffield and Rotherham, how many similar schemes (a) have been developed, (b) are under construction...

  • Treasury

    • Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the funding required to restore aid spending to 0.7% of GDP.

    • Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to make efficiency savings in the welfare system.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing spending on international development to 0.7% of GDP in the next spending review.

      National Wealth Fund

      What progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on establishing a National Wealth Fund.

      Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to support households with the cost of living.

      Procurement: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to recover public money spent on contracts for goods and services that were not provided during the...

      Public Expenditure

      What steps she is taking to help ensure value for money from public spending.

      Cash Dispensing

      What steps her Department is taking to ensure that shared banking hubs help improve access to cash for people who are financially excluded.

      Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of economic inactivity owing to ill-health.

      Public Finance

      What recent assessment she has made of the impact of levels of borrowing on public finances.

      Beer: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support independent breweries through the alcohol duty system.

      Private Education: Armed Forces

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of removing the VAT exemption on independent school fees on (a) families within the armed forces...

      Pay: Young People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1812 on Pay: Young People, if she will make these calculations.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Winter Fuel Payment: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has she made of the number of households in Wales affected by the change to Winter Fuel Payments.

    • Pension Credit: Melton Borough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Melton Borough claimed pension credit in 2023.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers she has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Wandsworth Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for the production of the action plan for HMP Wandsworth.

    • Wandsworth Prison: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17970 on Wandsworth Prison: Health Services, when she expects the new healthcare unit to open.

      Wandsworth Prison: Pest Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of pest control at HMP Wandsworth in the last 12 months.

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her policy to change the automatic release point to 40% for certain standard determinate...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Zero Hours Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning zero hours contracts.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for delivery of the fourth wave of the School Rebuilding Programme.

    • Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce excessive profits in the residential children’s social care sector.

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the average level of profit made by (a) private and (b) local authority-managed residential homes for...

      Special Educational Needs: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children and young people who were waiting for an Education, Health and Care Plan decision...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting lists.

  • Home Office

    • Exploitation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to criminalise the act of exploiting children for criminal purposes.

    • Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to increase the number of (a) wholetime and (b) retained firefighters.

      Homicide: Arrests

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances an individual arrested for murder is (a) held in custody and (b) released on police bail.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventing second home owners who become subject to a...

    • Council Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities in their local plans to (a)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Bangladesh: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sewage: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce sewage discharges by water companies into waterways.

    • Pesticides: Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the pesticide Cruiser SB is properly assessed before being authorised for use.

      Water: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability for water for industrial purposes.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Offshore Industry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to help workers in the oil and gas industry transition away from the industry following the...

    • Great British Nuclear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role Great British Energy will have in the (a) governance and (b) duties of Great British Nuclear.

      Great British Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any of the £8.3 billion funding allocated to Great British Energy over the next five years will be spent on funding...

      Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether offshore wind projects developed with help from Great British Energy's early development work and investment will be...

      Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Great British Energy will purchase and operate any existing energy generation capacity in the UK.

      Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether GB energy will (a) build and (b) operate energy generation capacity by 2045.

      Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he expects GB Energy to generate funds through (a) generation of energy, (b) distribution of energy and (c) any other mechanism.

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