Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what areas were covered during his meeting with the Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association on 1 March 2023.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on Gov.uk, including details of the topic discussed.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings he had with the National Residential Landlords Association in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on Gov.uk, including details of the topic discussed.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings he had with tenants unions and associations in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on Gov.uk, including details of the topic discussed.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has held discussions with executives from (a) British Gas, (b) EDF Energy, (c) E.ON, (d) RWE npower, (e) Scottish Power and (f) SSE since 7 February 2023.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero.
Data covering the 7 February 2023 until 31 March 2023 will be published shortly. In line with Cabinet Office Guidance, organisations are listed instead of individuals.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact on tax receipts of the introduction of an annual wealth tax.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The UK system is designed to ensure among other things that the richest in our society pay their fair share on their wealth and assets, with the tax system taxing wealth across many different economic activities, including acquisition, holding, transfer and disposal of assets and income derived from assets. These tax levers generate substantial revenue, including Inheritance Tax revenues of £7 billion, Capital Gains Tax revenues of £18.1 billion and property transaction taxes of £17.3 billion in 2022-2023.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the development of sustainable aviation fuels.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government is focused on stimulating the demand and use of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK. To create demand for SAF, the Government will introduce a SAF mandate in 2025, which aims to deliver at least 10% of jet fuel from sustainable sources by 2030. The second consultation on the design of the scheme is currently open for consultation.
The Government is seeking to kickstart a domestic SAF industry through the £165 million Advanced Fuels Fund to support the development of commercial scale plants. The Government has already awarded funding to five projects and is currently considering applications to the second funding round.
In April 2023, the Government responded to Philip New’s report on developing a UK SAF industry. Officials are now working with industry to develop options for an industry-funded revenue certainty mechanism.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses (a) are only employed on permanent contracts, (b) work both on a permanent contract and bank shifts and (c) only work bank shifts, as of 13 June 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) Council leaders on Unite the Union's pay dispute for health and social care workers.
Answered by Will Quince
No such discussions have been held.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) council leaders on Unite the Union's pay dispute in respect of the pay offer for local government employees.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Detailed employment matters such as pay are for local authorities, as independent employers, to determine through the usual processes. It is the responsibility of employers to make an assessment of what is affordable within the overall available resources. Ministers do not have a formal role in such matters.
Employers do of course have to pay the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. We recognise that pay and wages are one of a number of inflationary pressures facing local government. The government made significant additional resources available for local government at the autumn statement. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 made available substantial additional funding for local government in England. This boost in funding demonstrates how Government stands behind councils up and down the country.
As negotiations continue, the department continues to monitor the issue through regular engagement with the Local Government Association and routine engagement with councils.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to increase the areas of the economy covered by sectoral collective bargaining.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Collective bargaining in the UK is largely a matter for individual employers, their employees and their trade unions. Many employers recognise a union voluntarily. Where an employer refuses to recognise a union, our trade union law provides for a statutory recognition procedure. This allows independent unions to apply to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to be statutorily recognised for collective bargaining purposes.
Unions that can demonstrate that they have majority support for recognition in the workplace will secure statutory recognition from the CAC.