The Department uses geospatial data aggregated up to various output levels, which are published as Official Statistics. These can be found at the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure-statistics. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) then uses this data as part of its policy decision making process.

Improving attendance is one of my top priorities. Our attendance hub now supports 800 schools, benefiting more than 400,000 pupils; 86% of schools subscribe to our attendance data tool to spot at-risk pupils; and we have specialist programmes helping some of the most vulnerable, including children with social workers, children with special educational needs, and young people facing particular issues such as mental ill health. Our approach is starting to turn the tide—recent data show that 380,000 fewer children were persistently not at school last year—but absence levels are still too high, and that remains my No. 1 priority.

The Government have ambitious plans to tackle methane emissions from oil and gas production. With support from Government and key regulators, industry is on track to end routine flaring and venting prior to 2030, in line with the World Bank’s initiative.

As set out in the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy, the Government is committed to making electric vehicle charging cheaper and more convenient than refuelling at a petrol station.

Together, Government and industry have supported the installation of over 45,500 public charging devices across the UK, including many at petrol stations.

Government intervention is focused where an accelerated pace of rollout is most needed. This includes facilitating the deployment of rapid chargepoints at Motorway Service Areas along the strategic road network and transforming the availability of local on-street charging

Once market conditions allow, we intend to subject all contracts both private sector and those under the OLR, to competitive tendering.

We are working to develop new Passenger Service Contracts to enable a return to competition in the market to drive value for money for customers and the taxpayer.

As the Secretary of State reaffirmed in the George Bradshaw address, we will enhance the role for the private sector as we deliver reform across the railways. Competition is essential to unlock the growth, innovation and efficiency that is required to create a sustainable model which delivers for railway customers.

In the short term, we are working with the industry to introduce improved commercial incentives in existing contracts.

We will consult with the market to develop and design the detail of these new contracts, before launching competitions in due course.

Once market conditions allow, we intend to subject all contracts both private sector and those under the OLR, to competitive tendering.

We are working to develop new Passenger Service Contracts to enable a return to competition in the market to drive value for money for customers and the taxpayer.

As the Secretary of State reaffirmed in the George Bradshaw address, we will enhance the role for the private sector as we deliver reform across the railways. Competition is essential to unlock the growth, innovation and efficiency that is required to create a sustainable model which delivers for railway customers.

In the short term, we are working with the industry to introduce improved commercial incentives in existing contracts.

We will consult with the market to develop and design the detail of these new contracts, before launching competitions in due course.

Once market conditions allow, we intend to subject all contracts both private sector and those under the OLR, to competitive tendering.

We are working to develop new Passenger Service Contracts to enable a return to competition in the market to drive value for money for customers and the taxpayer.

As the Secretary of State reaffirmed in the George Bradshaw address, we will enhance the role for the private sector as we deliver reform across the railways. Competition is essential to unlock the growth, innovation and efficiency that is required to create a sustainable model which delivers for railway customers.

In the short term, we are working with the industry to introduce improved commercial incentives in existing contracts.

We will consult with the market to develop and design the detail of these new contracts, before launching competitions in due course.

Once market conditions allow, we intend to subject all contracts both private sector and those under the OLR, to competitive tendering.

We are working to develop new Passenger Service Contracts to enable a return to competition in the market to drive value for money for customers and the taxpayer.

As the Secretary of State reaffirmed in the George Bradshaw address, we will enhance the role for the private sector as we deliver reform across the railways. Competition is essential to unlock the growth, innovation and efficiency that is required to create a sustainable model which delivers for railway customers.

In the short term, we are working with the industry to introduce improved commercial incentives in existing contracts.

We will consult with the market to develop and design the detail of these new contracts, before launching competitions in due course.

The Department regularly takes steps to ensure it complies with its transparency obligations across all train operator contracts and aims for consistency between publicly and privately owned operators in the relevant information it makes public, including in relation to train performance, customer experience and satisfaction.

The Operator of Last Resort (OLR) train operators are treated with equivalence to their private sector contractors in the way their contracts are managed, their performance assessed and addressed, the Department’s requirements of their business plans, budgets and any industry efficiencies expected. They are themselves subject to the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and the provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations (2004) and will provide information under their own Freedom of Information Act (2000) publication schemes.

The Department publishes contractual and performance information relating to both National Rail Contract train operators and OLR train operators in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) on the Rail Public Register.

The Department used a range of approaches to advertise the eligibility of partially or wholly self-funded care home residents for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. This included press notices, paid social media advertising targeting the family members and friends of those in care, roundtables with care sector stakeholders asking them to assist with advertising the scheme, and a request for local authorities to write to care homes in their area to encourage residents to apply for their support.

Education Investment Areas (EIAs) do not have delivery boards. The subset of EIAs that are Priority Education Investment Areas do have local partnership boards, but these are advisory only. These boards were provided with data on pupil outcomes for their areas at the outset of the programme to help them advise the Department on the key issues to be addressed in each area and to identify local targets for pupil outcomes. They will continue to be provided with data on a regular basis, to help them advise the Department on the implementation and impact of the programme.

Education Investment Areas (EIAs), including the subset of them that are Priority Education Investment Areas, are places where the department is prioritising a package of activity to raise standards. EIAs are not public bodies and do not employ any staff. Local authorities in these areas are required to publish and maintain a clear, accessible local offer of services to support children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities and to support their families. A SEN coordinator (SENCO) is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a school's SEN policy.

Information on the number of eligible individuals or businesses who use the exemption provisions under Section 317 is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions.

However, the Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector through other means, including business rates support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years.

Information on the number of eligible individuals or businesses who use the exemption provisions under Section 317 is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions.

However, the Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector through other means, including business rates support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years.

Information on the number of eligible individuals or businesses who use the exemption provisions under Section 317 is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions.

However, the Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector through other means, including business rates support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years.

Local Partnership Boards were established in autumn 2022 to support the prioritisation of new Local Needs Funding.

Activities and programmes to be funded by the Local Needs Funding are currently being commissioned for delivery through to March 2025.