Clive Lewis MP: written questions
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Prisoners: Special Educational NeedsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will publish data on how many and what proportion of young people in prison in Norfolk had special educational needs and disabilities in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2021-22, (c) the last five years and (d)
Answer: Data relating to special educational needs and disabilities are not collected in a format that would enable the specified information to be provided.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture, Usage and Storage: FinanceTreasuryTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8661More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2024 to Question 7485 on Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Taxation, if she will hold discussion with carbon capture, usage and storage organisations in receipt of Government fu
Answer: All the current applicants for government support in Track 1 of the Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage programme are registered in England and Wales. Companies pay Corporation Tax in the UK on their profits derived from economic activities they undertake t...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to monitor the water usage of data centres.
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential merits of requiring companies building data centres to invest in (a) building and (b) ma
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Ofwat on increased demand on water supply by data centres.
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of data processing by data centres on water usage.
Answer: The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythTreasuryTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8656More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6322 on Databases: Blyth, whether HMRC has undertaken an assessment of the projected loss of tax receipts from Blackstone's data centre in Blyth Investment Zone a
Answer: Estimates of the cost of tax relief for investment in Investment Zones were published in the Spring Budget 2024 – policy document and were estimated at an aggregate level. Estimates for individual projects within special tax sites are not available. HMRC ...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent public consultation his Department has undertaken on the efficacy of carbon capture, usage and storage technology.
Answer: CCUS will be vital to this government’s commitment to create good jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands, ensuring a just transition for the industries based in the North Sea, and accelerating towards Net Zero.The Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK’s...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions and Water: Data CentresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to monitor the (a) carbon emissions and (b) water usage of data centres.
Answer: (a) Emissions from data centres that occur in the UK - either directly at their locations or at power stations from their electricity use - are included in our published UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions totals, but cannot be attributed to specific ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and Storage: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will publish the evidential basis informing the decision to fund carbon capture, usage and storage clusters announced on 4 October 2024.
Answer: The Department plans to release the Full Business Cases (FBCs) for the two clusters next year, in line with the requirements for programmes in the Government Major Projects Portfolio.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture, Usage and Storage: TaxationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring carbon capture, usage and storage organisations in receipt of Government funding to be (a) headquartered in the UK and (b) f
Answer: We’re committed to securing the economic benefits for the UK from pioneering CCUS deployment. It is expected to add around £5 billion per year to the UK economy by 2050 and the backing of these first 2 CCUS sites sends a clear signal to investors that the...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the press notice entitled Government reignites industrial heartlands 10 days out from the International Investment Summit, published on 4 October 2024, if he will publish a
Answer: CCUS will be vital to this government’s commitment to create good jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands, ensuring a just transition for the industries based in the North Sea, and accelerating towards Net Zero.The Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK’s...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions her Department has had with Napo on the impact of the prisoner early release scheme on workers in the probation service.
Answer: Probation Service officials meet regularly with Napo officials. In addition to weekly briefings, matters of note concerning the Probation Service, such as prison capacity measures, are discussed at quarterly consultative meetings, and at bi-monthly ‘stock...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProbation Service: FinanceTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6327More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to increase real terms funding for the Probation Service in the context of the prisoner early release scheme.
Answer: As the Chancellor has made clear, all future spending decisions will be negotiated through the Spending Review process and announced on October 30th through the Budget.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProbation ServiceMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential impact of the early prisoner release scheme on the probation service.
Answer: Amending the automatic release point for eligible Standard Determinate Sentences to 40% (SDS40) has allowed us to end more challenging measures like End of Custody Supervised Licence and move to a more transparent system.SDS40 will result in some offender...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of investing in carbon capture storage technology.
Answer: The Department has developed a risk management approach for monitoring the risks associated with investing in CCS technology. This approach follows government best practice and has been reviewed and approved by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential impact of increased data processing on water usage before the investment by Blackstone in a data centre in Blyth was announced.
Answer: Construction on Blackstone's chosen site for its £10bn data centre investment in Blyth will be subject to securing appropriate planning permission. As part of the planning process, applicants may be required to carry out Environmental Impact Assessments (...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department made an environmental impact assessment of the data centre in Blyth before the investment by Blackstone was announced.
Answer: Construction on Blackstone’s chosen site for its £10bn data centre investment in Blyth will be subject to securing appropriate planning permission. As part of the planning process, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) are carried out by applicants where...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has offered Blackstone tax incentives as part of the agreement to build a data centre in Blyth.
Answer: The Government does not provide any specific tax incentives for data centres. The site chosen by Blackstone for its data centre investment in Blyth, Northumberland, is in an Investment Zone tax site within the North East Investment Zone designed to suppor...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHeat Networks: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on setting a timeline to bring heat network pricing in line with prices paid by other consumers.
Answer: Officials in my department have been working closely with Ofgem, ahead of the third and final, joint consultation on proposals for heat network regulation. This will include proposals on fair pricing. This consultation will be published in due course.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6320More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of charging VAT on private school fees on levels of demand for state school places.
Answer: On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boardin...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences on (a) rehabilitation and (b) recidivism rates.
Answer: At its peak in 2012, there were over 6,000 offenders serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence in custody. As of 30 June 2024, this had reduced to 2,734, of which 1,132 had never been released. As of 31 March 2024, there were 3,000 indi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordQuetiapine: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of Quetiapine.
Answer: The Department was aware of shortages affecting quetiapine 150 milligrams, 200 milligrams and 300 milligrams. The Department worked closely with industry and others and issued communications to the National Health Service to help ensure patients continued...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Single PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households qualifying for the Council Tax Discount for single people are (a) living in poverty, (b) have a dependent under the age of 18 and (c) are pensioners.
Answer: The Government does not collect data on the individual characteristics of residents of households receiving the single person discount.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Single PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of removing the Council Tax discount for single people.
Answer: The Government currently has no plans to change the single person discount. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement in which we are fully engaged.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
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