James Cartlidge MP: written questions 2024
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary: StrikesMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to mitigate the potential impact of Royal Fleet Auxiliary strike action.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to engage with the Maritime Trade Unions, who represent members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), to discuss a resolution to the on-going RFA pay dispute.While the pay dispute is the immediate concern, we are comm...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police have been required to be present at the picketing of defence factories in the last twelve months; and what the cost was to the public purse.
Answer: The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police and this data is not held centrally.
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which procurement programmes are affected by the Joint Declaration on Enhanced Defence Cooperation between Germany and the United Kingdom, signed on 24 July 2024.
Answer: The Joint Declaration, which Minister Pistorius and the Defence Secretary signed in Berlin on 24 July, sets out the UK and Germany’s joint commitment to improve and further enhance bilateral defence cooperation, including by strengthening our defence indu...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on cooperation with the EU on defence procurement; and if he will list PESCO agreements with which the UK (i) is currently cooperating and (ii) has indicated in meetings an interest in reviewin
Answer: The UK is an intrinsic part of the European industrial base and is vital to developing the capabilities Europe needs, as well as ensuring resilient, strengthened European supply chains that also benefit UK security and industry. We enjoy extensive capabil...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: South SuffolkDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that post offices in South Suffolk constituency remain financially viable businesses entities.
Answer: The Post Office is an essential service in communities across the country. The Government is committed to finding ways to strengthen the Post Office, through consulting with sub-postmasters, trade unions and customers. This will include supporting the dev...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPost Office: Payment Exception ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Post Office Ltd on cutting exceptional payments for post offices.
Answer: While publicly owned, Post Office, as a commercial business with its own Board, operates at arm’s length from the Government. Therefore, the issue around exceptional payments is an operational matter for the Post Office. The Post Office has however inform...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3747 on Neighbourhood Plans, what plans she has for the role of neighbourhood plans in planning policy when a planning auth
Answer: Under the Government’s proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, the protections from speculative development for areas with a qualifying neighbourhood plan are retained.
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2024 to Question 4389 on National Grid: Costs, whether (a) he and (b) Ofgem is able to provide the estimate requested.
Answer: New network infrastructure is essential to meet the rising demand for electricity and connect new renewable generation. Ofgem estimates that the Western Link and Eastern Green Link will increase consumer bills by an average of £6.50 per annum over a 60-ye...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral Statement of 10 September 2024 on Ukraine, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the £1 billion spent on UK replenishment including (a) when each order was placed and (b) the natu
Answer: As the hon. Menber will understand from his time in the Ministry of Defence, for reasons of operational security, details of replenishment and stockpiles are highly classified, and I am withholding this information. However, I can confirm that several con...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4753More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average annual cost per school of abolishing business rates relief for fee-paying schools.
Answer: As announced on 29 July 2024, the government will legislate to remove the eligibility of private schools in England to business rates charitable rates relief. The Government will confirm the introduction of these tax policy changes at Budget, at which poi...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Right to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of how many (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans have benefitted from the Right to Buy scheme in each of the last five financial years
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not hold information on the number of serving armed forces personnel, or veterans, who have benefitted from the Right to Buy.People who live in armed forces accommodation do not have the Right...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Air Force has made on the ECRS Mk2 E-Scan radar procurement.
Answer: The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2 programme has achieved several positive milestones in the past four months, notably passing the production radar system Critical Design Review (CDR) in June 2024 and the completion of prototype ground testing on...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4394More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3748 on Private Education: Business Rates, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the eligibility of private schools to business
Answer: As announced on 29 July 2024, the government will legislate to remove the eligibility of private schools in England to business rates charitable rates relief. The Government will confirm the introduction of these tax policy changes at Budget, at which poi...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4393More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September to Question 3748 on Private Education: Business Rates, what estimate she has made of the amount of revenue that will be raised in each remaining year of the current Parliament a
Answer: As announced on 29 July 2024, the government will legislate to remove the eligibility of private schools in England to business rates charitable rates relief. The Government will confirm the introduction of these tax policy changes at Budget, at which poi...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to end the use of A to D ratings for the prisons system.
Answer: There are currently no plans to end the use of A to D ratings for the prisons system.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: ResearchMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) agencies and (b) departments are authorised to manage defence research and development projects.
Answer: Defence invests in research and development (R&D) from across the Defence enterprise. Defence’s core R&D budgets are held in Head Office. The rest of Defence’s R&D investment comes mainly from the Capability Portfolios of each Top Level Budget...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Quality Commission: InspectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to end the use of one or two word ratings used by the Care Quality Commission.
Answer: The Department is thoroughly reviewing the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and as part of that work, we have asked the CQC to improve the transparency of their ratings. The Department has not yet made a decision on changing the CQC’s ratings system.
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact on consumer energy bills of the total lifetime cost of delivering (a) the Western Link and (b) all current and future stages of the Eastern
Answer: Electricity network reinforcements are only approved where they are in the interests of consumers and help reduce overall system costs. For both the Western Link and the Eastern Green Link projects, decisions to proceed were based on robust cost-benefit a...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLetterOne: SanctionsTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4388More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the sanction compliance of LetterOne’s recent acquisition of a 15 per cent stake in Harbour Energy.
Answer: The UK’s financial sanctions regime is overseen by HM Treasury’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI). OFSI’s position regarding the ownership and control status of LetterOne is that the entity is not subject to UK financial sanctions. In ...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: Iron and SteelMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a target for increasing the use of UK steel in defence.
Answer: The UK steel industry is an important strategic national asset, vital for our security and our economy. Steel used in our major Defence programmes is sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers, as Defence programmes ma...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: South SuffolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the spread of bluetongue disease on South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: Bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) was detected in the EU for the first time in autumn 2023 and it will take time to fully understand the impacts of this disease on the sector. We continue to investigate all reports of suspicion of disease and are monitoring t...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: ReviewsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the assumed spending envelope for the Strategic Defence Review.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review will determine the roles, capabilities and reforms required by UK Defence to meet the challenges, threats and opportunities of the twenty-first century, as deliverable and affordable within the resources available to Defence w...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on the decision to suspend certain licenses for arms exports to Israel.
Answer: The Defence Secretary regularly speaks with his US counterpart on a wide range of matters of mutual interest.
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: DemonstrationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the defence industry of lost output resulting from disruption linked to political protest in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence regularly monitors risks and issues facing our suppliers as part of our supply chain resilience work. We have not made a specific estimate of financial costs over the past 12 months.
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: South SuffolkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Suffolk constituency are in receipt of the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Answer: Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency are made publicly available via GOV.UK. The latest release contains data on individual and household level st...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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