Laurence Turner MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Gaza: Humanitarian SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the humanitarian situation in the north of Gaza.
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable. The Foreign Secretary's statement to Parliament underlined our serious concern about northern Gaza. On 16th October I visited Al-Arish and saw the scale of humanitarian aid denied entry into Gaza, Israel...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice of Rail and RoadDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to item 12 of the minutes of the Office of Rail and Road's Board meeting of 25 June 2024, if she will publish (a) the Office of Rail and Road's case to answer letter and (b) the National Highways
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road published the conclusions to its investigation, including these two letters, on its website on 24 July 2024. Link to (a) the Office of Rail and Road’s case to answer letter:https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/202...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 3680 on Mental Health Services: Lincolnshire, if he will provide this information for each constituency in Birmingham.
Answer: The following table shows the number of Mental Health Support Teams across the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB), broken down by the year in which they became operational, or are planned to become operational: Number of teamsTotal opera...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local government commissioners appointed by her Department are classified as civil servants.
Answer: No, they are not classified as Civil Servants.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department provided National Highways the proposals for Road Investment Strategy 3 required under clause 2 of Schedule 2 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 before 4 July 2024.
Answer: No.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCyclingDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's dataset titled Proportion of adults that cycle, by frequency, purpose and local authority: England, published on 28 August 2024, what assessment she has made of the reasons fo
Answer: Data from 2021 and 2022 coincided with COVID-19 lockdown restrictions which severely reduced people’s movements and travel patterns, across all transport modes, including cycling across England. This can be seen to have a major impact on the statistics du...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many temporary speed restrictions there were on the national rail network on15 March in each year since 2017.
Answer: Network Rail data in the attached table shows that the following temporary and emergency speed restrictions were in place in Rail Period 13 (March) since 2017.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCycling: ExpenditureDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) central and (b) total public expenditure was on cycling per head by region in 2023-24.
Answer: The Department does not hold data detailing public expenditure on cycling per head by region. Details of Active Travel England expenditure on walking and cycling combined by region for 2023/24 is contained in the table below. This expenditure is in additi...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of uninsured vehicles; and how many vehicles were seized for unpaid insurance in each year since 2015.
Answer: My department has not made an estimate of the number of uninsured vehicles. We also do not hold the numbers of vehicles seized for unpaid insurance.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 9121, on Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination, when he expects to receive further advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisatio
Answer: In the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) statement summarising the advice for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme, the committee stated that an extension to the initial programme would be considered when there is more ce...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: CostsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled PM redirects HS2 funding to revolutionise transport across the North and Midlands, published of 04 October 2023, what is the estimated cost to the publi
Answer: The Department is currently assessing the cost of cancelling Phase 2 of the HS2 project, working with HS2 Ltd and its supply chain to inform this assessment. As at the end of March 2024, £2.3bn had been spent on Phase 2.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRail Delivery Group: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Rail Delivery Group plans to publish board minutes for the period between March 2021 and March 2024.
Answer: The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is a private organisation that brings together passenger and freight train operators, as well as Network Rail. As such, it is for the RDG to decide whether to publicly publish its board minutes for the period between March 20...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many planned station upgrades under Network Rail's Access for All scheme were (a) cancelled and (b) deferred during Control Period 6 in each region.
Answer: Under the previous government, changes were made to the Control Period 6 Access for All (AfA) programme at the following stations:Queens Park (London) and Battersea Park (London) - AfA funding was withdrawnPeckham Rye (London) - scope was incorporated int...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on improving the accessibility of railway stations for disabled people under Network Rail's Access for All scheme in each region in each year of Control Period (a) 5 and (b) 6.
Answer: During Control Period 5 (CP5, 2014/15 to 2018/19), the total spend under the Access for All programme across Great Britain was £88.762 million.During Control Period 6 (CP6, 2019/20 to 2023/24), the total spend under the Access for All programme across Gre...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FranchisesDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to mayoral combined authorities for bus franchising schemes.
Answer: The Government have committed to giving mayoral combined authorities long term devolved funding settlements.We recognise that success in delivering franchising will be dependent on the delivery capacity and capability of local authorities. The Department ...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNorth Korea: UkraineMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) scale and (b) effectiveness of North Korea's contribution to Russia's war against Ukraine.
Answer: We are seeing evidence that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has sent troops to Russia. This is a deeply concerning development, which risks prolonging the war, and augments the DPRK's already significant support to Russia's illegal invasi...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEarly Day MotionsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8730More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the average cost was to the public purse of administering an Early Day Motion in the latest 12 months for which data is available.
Answer: It is difficult to provide an accurate figure for the cost of administering an Early Day Motion as staff in the Table Office and the Procedural Publishing Unit who process EDMs have a wide range of other responsibilities and time spent exclusively on EDMs...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to publication entitled Government and Agenda for Change trade unions offer in principle, published by NHS Employers on 16 March 2023, whether it remains his Department's policy to i
Answer: The Department is progressing work on all non-pay commitments covered in the 2023/24 Agenda for Change pay deal, including reviewing aspects of the pay setting process. Recommendations from this work will be considered at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKing Edward VI Balaam Wood AcademyDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the Standards and Testing Agency on its planned timetable for responding to the representation made by King Edwards VI Balaam Wood Academy on 10 September 2024.
Answer: The Standards and Testing Agency received an allegation of maladministration from King Edwards VI Balaam Wood Academy on 10 September. It is currently carrying out an investigation in line with its standard procedures. The outcome of the investigation wil...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the (a) findings and (b) recommendations of the report entitled Detention in t
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary outlined in his statement to the House of Commons on 2 September, the UK's concern about the treatment of detainees was one of the factors determining the UK's decision to suspend certain arms export licences to Israel that could ...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the welfare of greyhound dogs within the greyhound racing industry.
Answer: The welfare of greyhounds in England is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for that animal’s welfare needs. This includes where greyhound...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the welfare of greyhound dogs.
Answer: The welfare of greyhounds in England is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for that animal’s welfare needs. This includes where greyhound...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMax CallerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3908 on Max Caller, what records were kept of that meeting.
Answer: As previously set out in my answer to Question UIN 3908 on 5 September 2024, officials attended the meeting between the former Secretary of State and Max Caller on 26 September 2023. As has been the case under successive administrations, the details of in...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Non-teaching StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 8.1.1 of her Department's publication entitled School workforce census guide 2023: Guide for schools including academies within a Multi Academy Trust, published in July 2023, if she wi
Answer: School support staff play a vital role in children’s education and development. The department values and recognises the professionalism of the entire school workforce and will address recruitment and retention challenges by reinstating the School Support...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities are required to monitor the average cost of delivering Education, Health, and Care Plans within their area.
Answer: Local authorities are not required to monitor the average cost of delivering education, health, and care (EHC) plans within their area. Local authorities are required to submit data on education spending, including spending relating to special educational...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
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