Priti Patel MP: written questions
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Cabinet Office: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech entitled Plan for Change of 5 December 2024, what each of the 150 major infrastructure projects are.
Answer: The 150 major infrastructure projects are defined as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), which are decided through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process.Government has not identified what all of the 150 projects will be, rather t...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: Access and InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 December 2024, HCWS281 on Railway Passenger Services, whether she plans to (a) improve (i) step-free access and (ii) rail infrastructure for Greater Anglia services
Answer: The Access for All programme has delivered step free access at more than 250 stations across Britain. Ministers are carefully considering the best approach to the Access for All programme. We are unable to comment on next steps regarding specific stations...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 December 2024, HCWS281 on Railway Passenger Services, what plans she has to review (a) service quality, (b) ticket pricing, (c) the business model and (d) timetables
Answer: Greater Anglia will be brought into public ownership, with its date for transfer scheduled for Autumn 2025. The business planning round for 2025/26 is currently underway and plans regarding service quality, ticket pricing, business model and timetables wi...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 December 2024, HCWS281 on Railway Passenger Services, what plans she has to consult (a) Members of Parliament, (b) local authorities, (c) passenger representatives a
Answer: The Written Statement, HCWS281, outlined that Greater Anglia’s services will transfer into public ownership in autumn 2025 and that an expiry notice will be issued to Greater Anglia in due course to confirm the exact date. Bringing passenger services into...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Public SectorTreasuryTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16918More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12263 on Employers' Contributions: Public Sector, what estimate she has made of the number of public sector employees covered by the provisions of line 26 of Ta
Answer: The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs only. This funding will be allocated to departments, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way.Th...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Public SectorTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16761More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12263 on Employers' Contributions: Public Sector, what methodology her Department used to calculate the provisions identified in line 26 of Table 5.1 of the Aut
Answer: The amount of public sector support was based on an estimate of the proportion of employer NICs receipts paid by public sector organisations, using the Office for National Statistics (ONS) classification of the public sector boundary. The Treasury routine...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.96 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, how her Department plans to allocate the additional £500 million for local roads maintenance baseline funding in
Answer: This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local highway network. The Government will confirm 2025/26 funding allocations to English local highway authorities, including Essex County ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: EssexDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish funding allocations for highways in Essex County Council for the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local highway network. The Government will confirm 2025/26 funding allocations to English local highway authorities, including Essex County ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordA12: EssexDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the time taken to determine the application for the A12 Junction 19 to Junction 25 widening scheme on (a) the economy, (b) road safety and (c) the cost of
Answer: The Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the A12 Chelmsford to A120 widening scheme, was granted on 12 January 2024. I can confirm that the DCO was determined within the statutory timeframes.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 November 2024 on School Funding: Provisional 2025-26 allocations, HCWS 264, what funding has been provided to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) spe
Answer: The government announced at Budget a £2.3 billion increase to the core schools budget for the 2025/26 financial year. This funding increase includes funding for mainstream schools and high needs funding for complex special educational needs and disabiliti...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 November 2024 on School Funding: Provisional 2025-26 allocations, HCWS 264, whether the allocations include provision for schools to cover the additional costs of t
Answer: At Budget, HM Treasury confirmed that all public sector organisations will be funded for the increase in employer contributions to national insurance in the 2025/26 financial year. This included additional funding for schools. The allocations for the nati...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: EssexDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 November 2024 on School Funding: Provisional 2025-26 allocations, HCWS 264, what funding she has provided to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) spec
Answer: At the Autumn Budget 2024, the government announced an additional £2.3 billion for mainstream schools and young people with high needs for the 2025/26 financial year, compared to the 2024/25 financial year. This means that overall core school funding will...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: National SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the occasions on which he has directly raised with his Chinese counterpart the impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law on Hong Kongers.
Answer: The UK has called for the National Security Law to be repealed and for an end to the prosecution of all individuals charged under it.The Foreign Secretary met Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to Beijing on 18 October where he raised serious conce...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordJimmy LaiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the occasions he has directly raised the case of Jimmy Lai with his Chinese counterpart.
Answer: British national Jimmy Lai's case is a priority for the UK Government. The Foreign Secretary raised his case in his first meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEAN Summit on 26 July, and again during their second meeting in Beijing on 18 ...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Employers' ContributionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14335 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff, if he will publish an estimate of the cost implications f
Answer: HM Treasury are assessing the impact of the National Insurance increase on the public sector in 2025/26 and will inform the Department of the support it will receive in due course.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ProcurementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14335 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of ch
Answer: The Department does not hold the necessary information to estimate the potential impact on its thousands of suppliers. As previously indicated in the response to PQ 14336, the impact of tax changes would be taken into account along with all other changes ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of commitments made by the UK at COP 29 for the new collective quantified goal on climate finance.
Answer: The new collective quantified goal on climate finance agreed at COP 29 is a collective goal, including finance from a broad range of sources, public and private. It does not set individual country commitments.The UK will play its part alongside others; ou...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSustainable Development: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the introduction of new sustainable development goals.
Answer: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed by all UN Member States in 2015 and have a target of being achieved by 2030. At the UN's Summit of the Future this September, the Foreign Secretary reaffirmed the UK's unwavering commitment to achieving...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he expects to conclude negotiations with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory before 20 January 2025.
Answer: This agreement is in the shared interests of both Mauritius and the UK, including by ensuring the long-term and effective operation of the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia. It has been welcomed by our mutual partners the US and India and opens a new era o...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funds he plans to provide to the economic partnership with Mauritius as part of the proposed Treaty with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean
Answer: Financial obligations arising from this agreement, including departmental budgetary responsibilities, will be managed responsibly within the Government's fiscal framework.The Government intends to share further details of the future economic partnership w...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funds he plans to provide to the Trust Fund for the benefit of Chagossians as part of the proposed Treaty with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the British Indian
Answer: Financial obligations arising from this agreement, including departmental budgetary responsibilities, will be managed responsibly within the government's fiscal framework.This government is committed to supporting Chagossians. Further details about UK sup...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what provision he has made for the costs associated with the proposed Treaty with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory in his Departmenta
Answer: This Agreement will be underpinned by a financial package which will support a new era of economic partnership between the UK and Mauritius and demonstrate the commitment of both parties to support the welfare of Chagossian communities.A financial element...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further visits he expects Jonathan Powell to make in his role negotiating the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory; and when he expects that role to
Answer: Jonathan Powell started his role as National Security Adviser on 2 December. In this role he will continue to engage on matters related to the British Indian Ocean Territory as well as a range of other national security issues, both in the UK and overseas...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish details of the (a) travel and (b) costs associated with Jonathan Powell’s role in the negotiations on the future sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Te
Answer: A decision on publishing details of costs associated with his appointment will be made in accordance with FCDO policy on Direct Ministerial Appointments at a later date. Jonathan Powell has carried out limited overseas engagements in his capacity as envoy...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Jonathan Powell has had meetings with (a) him and Ministers in his Department; (b) officials; (c) the Prime Minister; (d) Philippe Sands; (e) members of the Mauritian Go
Answer: In his role as BIOT envoy, and with the goal of securing an agreement that protects UK and US security interests, Jonathan Powell has engaged a range of stakeholders, including in the US and Mauritian governments, HMG Ministers and FCDO officials.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
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