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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 23 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) That comes on the back of £16.5 million of town deal funding, as well as £5 million of culture funding - Speech Link
2: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) Aqua Vale swimming and fitness centre in Aylesbury has a prime location in the heart of town, but I am - Speech Link
3: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) Newton Aycliffe, which has just achieved the highest league position in their history, and Ferryhill Town - Speech Link
4: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) I commend Newton Aycliffe and Ferryhill Town youth football clubs for their recent successes, both off - Speech Link
5: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Huddersfield, my constituency, has the Huddersfield Choral, brass bands, so many centres of excellence - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
NHS - Thu 23 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) nurses, 60 million more GP appointments and 7 million tests, checks and scans at community diagnostic centres - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) the Secretary of State will be able to come to the opening of the new integrated care centre by the town - Speech Link
3: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) much looking forward to coming to visit her in the next Parliament to celebrate the opening of the centres - Speech Link
4: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) for Blackpool South, many of my constituents have contacted me about the lack of NHS dentistry in the town - Speech Link

Written Question
Shops: Closures
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many high street businesses in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England have closed in each of the last five years; and what plans he has for business rates in the next five years.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

Detailed information on the closure of high street business is not held in the form requested. Statistics on company insolvency is available here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemography/2022

The government is aware that the high street faces long-term challenges and is committed to supporting the businesses that make our high streets and town centres successful.

At Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced a package of business rates support worth £4.3 billion over the next five years to support small businesses and the high street, including extending the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief scheme at 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25.

This support builds on the previous temporary 75 per cent RHL and 50 per cent RHL scheme announced at Autumn Budget 2022 and Autumn Statement 2021 respectively, as well as the unprecedented £16 billion of business rates relief provided to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors throughout the pandemic.

Any future decisions regarding the tax system will be taken in line with the normal Budget process.

Select Committee
Comisiynydd y Gymraeg / Welsh Language Commissioner
 BIW0009 - Access to High Street Banking in Wales

Written Evidence May. 22 2024

Inquiry: Access to High Street Banking in Wales
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: services over the counter in a rural post office is greater than in a bank branch in a larger town

Select Committee
Federation of Small Businesses (Wales)
 BIW0007 - Access to High Street Banking in Wales

Written Evidence May. 22 2024

Inquiry: Access to High Street Banking in Wales
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: Town centres and high streets across Wales are diverse, varying significantly by socio- economic makeup

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

May. 22 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 April 2024 to 15 May 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: Details of the approved tests and Secure English Language Test centres are published on the UK Visas

Select Committee
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oral Evidence May. 22 2024

Inquiry: Energy bills for domestic customers
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: There are studies showing that places from Sussex to Shetland, from Stonehaven to the great town of

Select Committee
Ofgem, Ofgem, and Ofgem

Oral Evidence May. 22 2024

Inquiry: Energy bills for domestic customers
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: There are studies showing that places from Sussex to Shetland, from Stonehaven to the great town of

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Education and Skills Funding Agency

May. 22 2024

Source Page: Teachers' pay additional grant 2024 to 2025
Document: (ODS)

Found: 125.79 0 0 141.21 0 72 77.13 5553.36 0 118.67 0 3322.64 27566 11486 100034 2023370 202 Camden Kentish Town

Select Committee
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Post Office, Cash Access UK, and LINK

Oral Evidence May. 22 2024

Inquiry: Access to High Street Banking in Wales
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: It could be the library or leisure centres.