Adrian Ramsay MP: written questions
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Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Landscape Recovery SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the (a) Landscape Recovery and (b) Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship schemes will be re-opened for applications.
Answer: A) The Government reconfirmed its commitment to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes in the recent Spending Review. Landscape Recovery projects that were awarded funding in rounds one and two are continuing, and we are moving into the delivery pha...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of capital spending on flooding will be allocated to (a) hard infrastructure and (b) nature-based solutions.
Answer: At the Spending Review on 11 June the Government announced a record £4.2 billion investment over three years (2026/27 to 2028/29) to improve flood resilience by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The list of projects to receive government...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing a consultation on banning farrowing crates.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 April 2025 to the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield, PQ UIN 41698.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the additional NHS revenue funding allocated in the Spending Review will go to NHS dentistry.
Answer: The details of budget allocations within departments are still being determined. The Department of Health and Social Care is working to provide the detail and certainty needed on future funding and spending plans, including for National Health Service den...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: Waveney ValleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families were in receipt of Healthy Start in Waveney Valley constituency on 9 June 2025.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntarctic: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of securing new Marine Protected Areas around Antarctica.
Answer: The UK remains committed to establishing a representative network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) around Antarctica. The UK-led proposal for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf MPA was agreed in 2009. The UK also strongly supported the designation of ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntarctic: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the UK’s priorities are for this year’s meeting of the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
Answer: The UK will reinforce our strong commitment to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as an important constituent of the Antarctic Treaty System; uphold the key objective of CCAMLR to conserve Antarctic marine li...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to (a) record and (b) report on the number of animals in the UK who are bred for science and not used in scientific procedures.
Answer: The Home Office is presently reviewing the collection and publication of additional statistics on animals that were bred for, but not used in, scientific procedures.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the food strategy complies with the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022.
Answer: The food strategy will articulate outcomes required to deliver food system change, and all outcomes will comply with the law.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Strategy Advisory Board: MembershipDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the membership of the Chair of Cranswick plc on the Food Strategy Advisory Board.
Answer: Defra has no current plans to review membership of the Food Strategy Advisory Board. Members are senior leaders who represent important elements within the food system and the diversity of the sector, appointed for their individual experience and standing...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of precision breeding on market concentration in the agricultural sector.
Answer: The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 will reduce barriers to entry for businesses, evening the playing field between SMEs and large multinationals in the agricultural sector. Internationally, countries that have chosen to regulate precisio...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrops and Food: Economic SituationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of precision bred (a) crops and (b) foods to the economy (i) in each of the next seven years and (ii) from 2032.
Answer: The Department has taken an evidence-based approach, underpinned by expert scientific advice and published data, to estimate the impacts of implementing the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023. This includes the Department’s De Minimis Assess...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of funding for (a) agricultural genetic modification research and development and (b) precision breeding techniques has been allocated to (i) non-UK compan
Answer: Innovate UK invested £0.15 million (2023) and £1.2 million (2024) into UK companies undertaking research using precision breeding techniques in crops and farmed animals. Innovate UK has not funded any agricultural genetic modification research and develop...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: PeatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44673 on Horticulture: Peat, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to ban sales of horticultur
Answer: We have not undertaken a separate assessment, but will publish the GMM stats in due course.
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: PeatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Growing Media Monitor peat use figures for 2023.
Answer: We have not undertaken a separate assessment, but will publish the GMM stats in due course.
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what degree of global temperature increase his Department's climate adaptation plans are intended for.
Answer: Defra is the lead department for domestic adaptation to climate change, and as such it is responsible for coordinating requirements set out in the UK Climate Change Act 2008. Defra is the owning department for about half of the 61 risks and opportunities ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: InfrastructureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a global temperature increase that is more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels on Government-owned infrastructure.
Answer: The third Climate Change Risk Assessment considered the impacts of climate change in the context of 2ºC and 4ºC global warming scenarios across the economy, including Government-owned infrastructure. Defra continues to work with other government departmen...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has established criteria to assess progress on climate adaptation.
Answer: Defra actively monitors progress against the actions in the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) through regular internal monitoring across government. The department is developing a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework to support the...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a close season for the shooting of hares.
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only, with the potential for relevant policy to extend and apply to Wales. While the Government has no immediate plan to introduce a close season for hares in England, th...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Budget Responsibility: ForecastsTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38262More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the OBR fiscal multipliers table in the document entitled Dynamic scoring of policy measures in OBR forecasts, published by the Office for Budget Responsibility, published on 9 November 2023, what
Answer: The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for preparing forecasts for the UK economy. This includes an assessment of the impact of Government policies, where the OBR regularly review and publish papers on their approach.The Cha...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFiscal PolicyTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38261More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the New Economics Foundation report entitled Forecasting a better future: the case for a bucket approach to fiscal multip
Answer: The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for preparing forecasts for the UK economy. This includes an assessment of the impact of Government policies, where the OBR regularly review and publish papers on their approach.The Cha...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElephants: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to publish (a) the Elephant Welfare Group's report, (b) the Government's response to the Elephant Welfare Group's report; and what his Department's policy is on th
Answer: The Government’s policy on the keeping of elephants in zoos will be set out with the publication of the new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain. The new Standards, which will replace the current Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFish and Shellfish: Faroe IslandsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37928More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the total value of trade (a) imports and (b) exports of fish and crustaceans between the UK and the Faroe Islands for financial year (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman or lady Parliamentary Question of 12th March is attached.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShellfish: Faroe IslandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to meet with the Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade to discuss cetacean hunts.
Answer: The Government is strongly opposed to the hunting of whales and dolphins. The Secretary of State currently has no plans to meet with the Faroese Minster of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade. However, the Department for Business and Trade regularly engag...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: Faroe IslandsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37926More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the value of trade (a) imports and (b) exports between the UK and the Faroe Islands for financial year (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman or lady Parliamentary Question of 12th March is attached.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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