Wera Hobhouse MP: written questions
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Written questions
National Energy System OperatorDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the National Energy System Operator (NESO) integrates demand side flexibility into its market design.
Answer: NESO's role is set out in legislation and licences and is regulated by Ofgem. It has a statutory duty to have regard to the Strategy and Policy Statement, which was issued earlier this year and sets out the government’s intention for NESO to consider ‘opp...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that food waste reporting requirements on businesses are (a) effective and (b) not overly burdensome.
Answer: The previous Government held a consultation wherein stakeholders were asked about their views on the scope of any reporting requirements. It can be found at Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Waste ...
Answered 24 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that mandatory food waste reporting will take into account companies who (a) are aligned with existing reporting requirements under
Answer: The previous Government held a consultation wherein stakeholders were asked about their views on the scope of any reporting requirements. It can be found at Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Waste ...
Answered 24 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support the application of the food and drink waste hierarchy for surplus food.
Answer: The Department will hold discussion with the supply chain on a range of issues including how to prevent waste. We remain committed to the programme of work led by The Waste and Resources Programme (WRAP) to drive down surplus and waste across the supply c...
Answered 25 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce food waste; and what discussions he has had with industry representatives on the best way to tackle the issue.
Answer: The Department will hold discussion with the supply chain on a range of issues including how to prevent waste. We remain committed to the programme of work led by The Waste and Resources Programme (WRAP) to drive down surplus and waste across the supply c...
Answered 25 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the merits of introducing mandatory food waste reporting.
Answer: The previous Government held a consultation wherein stakeholders were asked about their views on the scope of any reporting requirements. It can be found at Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Waste ...
Answered 24 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSizewell C Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for public expenditure of the provision of a further £5.5 billion for additional development support for the proposed new nuclear pow
Answer: While working towards a final investment decision on Sizewell C, we have established a new subsidy scheme of up to £5.5 billion to ensure the government can provide the project with the necessary financial support to remain on track. Decisions about provi...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGreat British Nuclear: RecruitmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2122 on Great British Nuclear: Recruitment, if he will list (a) the organisations from which personnel have been seconded to Great Briti
Answer: GBN has grown rapidly as an organisation to deliver on its mission and now has over 100 personnel working for it, including those seconded from a range of organisations. Permanent recruitment for the Executive Team is actively underway and this will be fo...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Business Premises and Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales, which closed on 8 January 2021; and wheth
Answer: We will require private landlords to make improvements to their properties by 2030. Ensuring warmer, healthier private rented homes will lift many families out of fuel poverty and reduce energy bills. We will consider the evidence gathered as part of the ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Redundancy PayWales OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much each Minister recei
Answer: In accordance with the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, paid Ministers below the age of 65 are entitled to a loss of office payment of one quarter of their claimed annual ministerial salary when they cease to hold office.Details of mi...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Redundancy PayScotland OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answer: In accordance with the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, paid Ministers below the age of 65 are entitled to a loss of office payment of one quarter of their claimed annual ministerial salary when they cease to hold office.Details of mi...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLeader of the House: Redundancy PayLeader of the HouseTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3046More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answer: The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is part of the Cabinet Office. I refer the hon. member to the response to be provided by the Cabinet Office (3029).
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Redundancy PayNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answer: The provision of severance payments for Ministers is set out in legislation. Details of the severance payments made to ministers when leaving office are published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts available at https://www.gov.uk/. The amounts...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Redundancy PayMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answer: In accordance with the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, paid Ministers below the age of 65 are entitled to a loss of office payment of one quarter of their claimed annual ministerial salary when they cease to hold office.Departments a...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Redundancy PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how muc
Answer: Ministerial severance payments are reported annually in the Annual Report and Accounts produced by the department.Any severance payments post 31 March 2024 will be reported in the Annual Report and Accounts for 2024-25 when it is laid in Parliament next y...
Answered 23 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Redundancy PayMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answer: Ministerial severance payments in each year from December 2019 to May 2024 are published as part of the annual reportand accounts for the Department. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Redundancy PayHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much each
Answer: The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts”., there were no severance payments made between December 2019 and 6th July 2022.Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Redundancy PayTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3040More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much each Minister receiv
Answer: Any severance payments made to former Ministers of HM Treasury are recorded in the Departmental Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy PayForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that
Answer: The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office's (FCDO) Annual Report & Accounts. For FY 2019-20, details of payments can be found in the separate Annual Report & Accounts of the...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much ea
Answer: The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts. Payments made in 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years will be released in due courseEach payment corresponds to the statutory entitlements as laid out in th...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Redundancy PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received
Answer: The details of severance payments made to former ministers can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts.Information for the 2024/25 financial year will be published in due course.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Redundancy PayDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answer: Since 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024 the cost of ministerial severance payments are as follows: 19 December 2019 – 31 December 2019: nil1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020: nil1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021: nil1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022: £41,575...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Redundancy PayDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each
Answer: The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.The 2023/2024 Annual Report and Accounts for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are to be published in due course.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Redundancy PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each
Answer: The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Redundancy PayDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to his Department was of Ministerial severance payments during each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Mi
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was created following a Machinery of Government change and the payroll entries were split from other Government Departments in September 2023. From the creation of the separate ledger for the Department for ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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