Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours officials from his Department have spent(a) attending and (b) helping to implement the policies of the National Council of Maritime UK in each year since 2019--20.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Maritime UK is a representative body for the UK maritime sector and is separate to government. Maritime UK are key delivery partners for our Maritime 2050 strategy. The Department for Transport provides no direct staffing support to Maritime UK and is unable to comment on Maritime UK’s overall accounts, including its sources of income.
Since 2018, the Department for Transport has provided funding to Maritime UK in order to support delivery of a range of Maritime 2050 recommendations across the wider sector. These include work to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry, promote the sector internationally and improve maritime skills.
Funding provided since 2018 (financial years April – April):
- 2018/19: £29,390.40
- 2019/20: £667,588
- 2020/21: £25,920
- 2021/22: £414,120
- 2022/2023 YTD: £3,000
In March 2021 the Department provided funding of £300,000 to Mersey Maritime to support the development of the Regional Maritime Cluster programme over a three-year period.
The Maritime UK National Council is the governing body for Maritime UK and provides a forum for the sector to discuss the delivery of the joint government and industry Maritime 2050 strategy. Maritime 2050 underpins the work delivered across the Department for Transport, as discussed at the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Maritime 2050 this summer. The National Council takes place quarterly and is scheduled to last for two hours. DfT officials attend alongside officials from BEIS and DIT, to provide a short update on departmental business relevant to Maritime UK and to understand issues affecting the sector.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what staffing support his Department has provided to Maritime UK by (a) hours and (b) full time equivalent headcount in each year since 2018-19.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Maritime UK is a representative body for the UK maritime sector and is separate to government. Maritime UK are key delivery partners for our Maritime 2050 strategy. The Department for Transport provides no direct staffing support to Maritime UK and is unable to comment on Maritime UK’s overall accounts, including its sources of income.
Since 2018, the Department for Transport has provided funding to Maritime UK in order to support delivery of a range of Maritime 2050 recommendations across the wider sector. These include work to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry, promote the sector internationally and improve maritime skills.
Funding provided since 2018 (financial years April – April):
- 2018/19: £29,390.40
- 2019/20: £667,588
- 2020/21: £25,920
- 2021/22: £414,120
- 2022/2023 YTD: £3,000
In March 2021 the Department provided funding of £300,000 to Mersey Maritime to support the development of the Regional Maritime Cluster programme over a three-year period.
The Maritime UK National Council is the governing body for Maritime UK and provides a forum for the sector to discuss the delivery of the joint government and industry Maritime 2050 strategy. Maritime 2050 underpins the work delivered across the Department for Transport, as discussed at the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Maritime 2050 this summer. The National Council takes place quarterly and is scheduled to last for two hours. DfT officials attend alongside officials from BEIS and DIT, to provide a short update on departmental business relevant to Maritime UK and to understand issues affecting the sector.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to Maritime UK’s Regional Cluster Organisations for the purposes of delivering the Maritime 2050 strategy. between January 2021 and July 2022.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Maritime UK is a representative body for the UK maritime sector and is separate to government. Maritime UK are key delivery partners for our Maritime 2050 strategy. The Department for Transport provides no direct staffing support to Maritime UK and is unable to comment on Maritime UK’s overall accounts, including its sources of income.
Since 2018, the Department for Transport has provided funding to Maritime UK in order to support delivery of a range of Maritime 2050 recommendations across the wider sector. These include work to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry, promote the sector internationally and improve maritime skills.
Funding provided since 2018 (financial years April – April):
- 2018/19: £29,390.40
- 2019/20: £667,588
- 2020/21: £25,920
- 2021/22: £414,120
- 2022/2023 YTD: £3,000
In March 2021 the Department provided funding of £300,000 to Mersey Maritime to support the development of the Regional Maritime Cluster programme over a three-year period.
The Maritime UK National Council is the governing body for Maritime UK and provides a forum for the sector to discuss the delivery of the joint government and industry Maritime 2050 strategy. Maritime 2050 underpins the work delivered across the Department for Transport, as discussed at the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Maritime 2050 this summer. The National Council takes place quarterly and is scheduled to last for two hours. DfT officials attend alongside officials from BEIS and DIT, to provide a short update on departmental business relevant to Maritime UK and to understand issues affecting the sector.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Maritime UK’s funding is from (a) private and (b) public sources.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Maritime UK is a representative body for the UK maritime sector and is separate to government. Maritime UK are key delivery partners for our Maritime 2050 strategy. The Department for Transport provides no direct staffing support to Maritime UK and is unable to comment on Maritime UK’s overall accounts, including its sources of income.
Since 2018, the Department for Transport has provided funding to Maritime UK in order to support delivery of a range of Maritime 2050 recommendations across the wider sector. These include work to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry, promote the sector internationally and improve maritime skills.
Funding provided since 2018 (financial years April – April):
- 2018/19: £29,390.40
- 2019/20: £667,588
- 2020/21: £25,920
- 2021/22: £414,120
- 2022/2023 YTD: £3,000
In March 2021 the Department provided funding of £300,000 to Mersey Maritime to support the development of the Regional Maritime Cluster programme over a three-year period.
The Maritime UK National Council is the governing body for Maritime UK and provides a forum for the sector to discuss the delivery of the joint government and industry Maritime 2050 strategy. Maritime 2050 underpins the work delivered across the Department for Transport, as discussed at the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Maritime 2050 this summer. The National Council takes place quarterly and is scheduled to last for two hours. DfT officials attend alongside officials from BEIS and DIT, to provide a short update on departmental business relevant to Maritime UK and to understand issues affecting the sector.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to Maritime UK in each year since 2018-19.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Maritime UK is a representative body for the UK maritime sector and is separate to government. Maritime UK are key delivery partners for our Maritime 2050 strategy. The Department for Transport provides no direct staffing support to Maritime UK and is unable to comment on Maritime UK’s overall accounts, including its sources of income.
Since 2018, the Department for Transport has provided funding to Maritime UK in order to support delivery of a range of Maritime 2050 recommendations across the wider sector. These include work to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry, promote the sector internationally and improve maritime skills.
Funding provided since 2018 (financial years April – April):
- 2018/19: £29,390.40
- 2019/20: £667,588
- 2020/21: £25,920
- 2021/22: £414,120
- 2022/2023 YTD: £3,000
In March 2021 the Department provided funding of £300,000 to Mersey Maritime to support the development of the Regional Maritime Cluster programme over a three-year period.
The Maritime UK National Council is the governing body for Maritime UK and provides a forum for the sector to discuss the delivery of the joint government and industry Maritime 2050 strategy. Maritime 2050 underpins the work delivered across the Department for Transport, as discussed at the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Maritime 2050 this summer. The National Council takes place quarterly and is scheduled to last for two hours. DfT officials attend alongside officials from BEIS and DIT, to provide a short update on departmental business relevant to Maritime UK and to understand issues affecting the sector.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) escort services to and from Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre and (b) legal firms’ travel expenses relating to travel to that centre from the 1st January 2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS). Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries an individual may attend. If an individual who is detained requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid, full legal advice can be provided if the statutory legal aid means and merits criteria are met.
Individuals detained in IRCs can also access privately commissioned legal advice, including legally aided advice provided through means other than the DDAS.
The Home Office contract for the provision of escorting services for detained individuals is provided by Mitie Care and Custody Ltd from 1st May 2018. Details of this contract can be found upon the Contracts Finder website. https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1
The escorting service contract is split into service lines for invoicing purposes, and the costs for escorting around the UK, including to and from Derwentside, are included within the In-Country Escort service. The department does not hold the costs for movements to and from Derwentside separately. The Home Office publishes payments in excess of £25K on its website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-spending
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor for the Exchequer on a pay award for employees of (a) Network Rail and (b) Train Operating Companies.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Although HM Treasury sets Departmental budgets, both HM Treasury and the Department are required to sign off funding allocated to the train operating companies and Network Rail.
Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group, on behalf of the train operating companies, are negotiating with trade unions on proposed pay offers.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether consent from HM Treasury is required before a pay offer can be made to employees of (a) Network Rail and (b) Train Operating Companies.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Although HM Treasury sets Departmental budgets, both HM Treasury and the Department are required to sign off funding allocated to the train operating companies and Network Rail.
Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group, on behalf of the train operating companies, are negotiating with trade unions on proposed pay offers.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which his Department has the final sign off for a pay award for employees of (a) Network Rail and (b) Train Operating Companies.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Although HM Treasury sets Departmental budgets, both HM Treasury and the Department are required to sign off funding allocated to the train operating companies and Network Rail.
Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group, on behalf of the train operating companies, are negotiating with trade unions on proposed pay offers.
Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Treasury is required to sign off a pay award for Train Operating Company employees.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Although HM Treasury sets Departmental budgets, both HM Treasury and the Department are required to sign off funding allocated to the train operating companies and Network Rail.
Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group, on behalf of the train operating companies, are negotiating with trade unions on proposed pay offers.