Asked by: Alice Macdonald (Labour (Co-op) - Norwich North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to increase rail capacity in the East of England.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Greater Anglia are in the final stages of the £1.4 billion fleet transformation programme with all services now operated by new trains which provide many more seats and greater capacity for customers across the region. In addition, the Government is funding the construction of new stations at Cambridge South and Beaulieu Park, both of which are due to open in 2025 and will create additional rail capacity for the East.
Asked by: Alice Macdonald (Labour (Co-op) - Norwich North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices that accept new adult NHS patients in Norwich North constituency on the (a) most recent date for which figures are available and (b) same date in 2010.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
While data for 2010 is not held centrally, as of 10 July 2024, there were nine open dentistry practices in the Norwich North constituency, none of which were showing as accepting new adult patients. This data is sourced from the Find a Dentist website, and is matched to constituencies based on the postcode data shown on the website, which is available at the following link:
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist
Asked by: Alice Macdonald (Labour (Co-op) - Norwich North)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase (a) levels of home insulation and (b) access to renewable energy sources in (i) Norwich North constituency and (ii) Norfolk.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department is committed to increase home insulation and renewable energy sources in all parts of the country, including in Norwich North and Norfolk.
The Warm Homes Plan will offer grants and low interest loans to support investment in insulation and other improvements to cut bills. We will announce policy details of the Warm Home Plan soon.
Delivering on our renewable electricity ambitions is integral to delivering our clean power by 2030. We are working in collaboration with the private sector to radically increase the deployment of onshore wind, solar and offshore wind.