Laurence Turner MP: written questions
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Written questions
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: BidfoodDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: DESNZ and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: BidfoodDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: Following a search of the department's contract records for any supplier with “BFS Group Limited” in its name, it has been concluded that there are no live or historical contracts with that supplier.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: BidfoodDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: All Government Awarded contracts are published on Contracts Finder (for awarded contracts above £12,000) and Find a Tender services for above threshold contracts.Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder and https://www.find-tender.servi...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: BidfoodDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: I can confirm that the Department does not hold any contracts with BFS Group ltd or any of its subsidiary companies. Likewise, the Department’s agencies also do not have any direct contracts with the company or its subsidiaries.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: BidfoodCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26734More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department or (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: The Cabinet Office (CO) and its agencies have no record of any contracts awarded to BFS Group Limited, or its subsidiaries.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: BidfoodAttorney GeneralTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26733More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Office and Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Serious Fraud Office, and Government Legal Department) do not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or with subsidia...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, how many people work in GBRX/Great British Railways I
Answer: GBRX at present has a core team of 10 people, all of whom are full time.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people work in the Great British Railways Transition Team on (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent basis.
Answer: The Great British Railways Transition Team, including resource for the Fares, Ticketing and Retail programme, currently has a headcount of 235 staff. This equates to 228.9 full-time equivalent.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordShadow Great British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, when her Department expects to publish Shadow Great Br
Answer: Officials are working with Shadow Great British Railways to set out and agree what their organisations will deliver both individually and collectively to make a difference for rail customers ahead of the creation of Great British Railways. The Department ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow Ukrainian citizens who have resided in the UK for four years the ability to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Answer: This Government stands with Ukraine and is committed to providing stability for those we have welcomed to the UK and those who still need our sanctuary.To provide future certainty to those who have been provided with sanctuary in the UK under the existing...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordKeep Britain Working ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 86 on page 31 of her Department's White Paper entitled Get Britain Working, published on 26 November 2024, whether the remit of the independent review into the role of UK emp
Answer: The scope of the review is set out in the Keep Britain Working Terms of Reference which will be published on Gov.Uk on 24 January 2025. The review will consider evidence from a variety of sources and it will be for the review lead, Sir Charlie Mayfield, t...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19420 on Unemployment: Young People, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ongoing data quality problems with the ONS Labour
Answer: The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) are responsible for the LFS, which is an important source of labour market information for the Department. In order to monitor the department's progress towards an 80% employment rate we need a robust L...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK International Consumer CentreDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) staffing capacity for the UK International Consumer Centre.
Answer: The government funds the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) to deliver the UK International Consumer Centre. The funding agreement for the current financial year is £456,000. This figure is reviewed annually and agreed with the CTSI each year al...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 23229, on Teachers: Pay, if she will provide the same data for newly qualified teachers.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The attached table prov...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on the preparation of a third cycling and walking investment strategy.
Answer: The Department’s officials are scoping out options for the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, and the Department will say more on this in due course. The Department will also consult stakeholders before the publication of the Strategy, as requ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Associations: Political LevyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Section 132 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, whether any employers' associations maintain a political fund.
Answer: Unincorporated employers’ associations are able to maintain a political fund in accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. None currently maintain a political fund.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Government AssistanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2020 to Question 110812 on Renewable Energy: Government Assistance, if he will publish the same information for each year since 2019-20.
Answer: Yes, I will be happy to publish this information. The information will take time to research and collate. I will place the information you have requested in the Libraries of the House as soon as it is available.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average full-time salary was for (a) classroom and (b) all teachers in (i) academies, (ii) free schools, (iii) local authority maintained schools and (iv) all publicly-funded schools in 2023.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The attached table prov...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible Working TaskforceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21859, on Flexible Working Taskforce, on what dates that taskforce met in each year from 2018 to 2022.
Answer: The Flexible Working Taskforce met on fourteen occasions between 2018 and 2022.The dates of these meetings were:29 March 2018; 09 May 2018; 11 July 2018; 12 September 2018; 16 November 2018; 16 January 2019; 27 March 2019; 02 July 2019; 22 September 2020;...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of how her Department processes visa applications submitted by Arab citizens of Israel.
Answer: Mr Speaker, applications submitted by citizens of Israel, Arab or otherwise, are assessed against the requirements of the Immigration Rules on their individual merits.As part of any visa application assessment, consideration is given in cases involving co...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 7.2.12 of her Department's publication entitled School workforce census guide 2024: Guide for schools including academies within a Multi Academy Trust, published on 11 October 2024, ho
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The attached table prov...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the CQC's publication of 27 November 2024 entitled CQC finds improvement in CAMHS wards at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, when the CQC plans to publish th
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an assessment of Child and Adolescent Mental Health wards at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in September 2024. The report of that assessment was published on the CQC’s website on 28 Nov...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions: Air ConditioningDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many air cleaning units were provided to education facilities in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England since 2020.
Answer: Between January 2022 and April 2023, the department provided over 9,000 air cleaning units to over 1,300 education and childcare settings that had been identified with poor ventilation.Four air cleaning units were provided to education settings in the Bir...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation: BirminghamMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Birmingham**. Calendar Year of CICA decisionAverage time (days)20203352021440202249020233812024372 * The table does n...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDisadvantagedWomen and EqualitiesTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22208More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on enactment of the socio-economic duty under Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Government is committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. The duty will require public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to consider actively how their decisions might help to reduce the inequalities associated wit...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
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