Adrian Ramsay MP: written questions
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Written questions
Buildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the impact assessment for the proposed revisions to Approved Document B to include the potential effects on (a) urban greening in England, (b) biodiversity del
Answer: The Government consulted on proposed changes to Approved Document B and no final decisions have been taken. The Building Safety Regulator is currently analysing consultation responses and supporting evidence, including views relating to living walls, gree...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the revised Approved Document B includes an evidence-based route for demonstrating compliance for building-integrated green infrastruc
Answer: The Government consulted on proposed changes to Approved Document B and no final decisions have been taken. The Building Safety Regulator is currently analysing consultation responses and supporting evidence, including views relating to living walls, gree...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed revisions to Approved Document B on the installation of living walls and green roofs on non-residential buildings
Answer: The Government consulted on proposed changes to Approved Document B and no final decisions have been taken. The Building Safety Regulator is currently analysing consultation responses and supporting evidence, including views relating to living walls, gree...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the commitment in the Animal Welfare Strategy for England to introduce humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish, when the Government plans to launch its consulta
Answer: As laid out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, and following the Animal Welfare Committee’s report on the topic, we will consult on introducing humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish into legislation. Further details will be set out in due course.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFoie Gras: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is on making a decision on whether to introduce a ban on the importation of foie gras.
Answer: This Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and is committed to delivering the most ambitious animal welfare programme in a generation, as set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy. It has made clear that the production of foie...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: FoodCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26812More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether public bodies will continue to be able to take account of environmental outcomes when evaluating bids for food procurement contracts under the revised Social Value Model.
Answer: The government remains committed to its ambition of 50% local or higher environmental product standards.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: ProcurementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the revised Social Value Model for delivery of the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be lo
Answer: The Government’s new social value rules mean that, from 1 January 2027, businesses bidding for government contracts - a market worth £90bn per year - will be judged on their commitment to creating high-quality British jobs, tackling local skills shortages...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: FoodCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26810More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential relationship between environmental criteria in the Social Value Model and the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be local or produced
Answer: The government remains committed to its ambition of 50% local or higher environmental product standards.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: Gluten-free FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of affordability of gluten-free food for people with coeliac disease.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Rushcliffe on 3 July in response to Question 13254.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCrustaceans: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timetable is for publishing official guidance setting out legally compliant killing methods for decapod crustaceans to industry.
Answer: The Animal Welfare Strategy sets out Government priorities until 2030. Policies will be delivered throughout this time, including policy on decapod crustaceans.
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of timelines for Local Authorities to distribute Property Flood Resilience grants; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce waitin
Answer: The Government routinely reviews flood recovery support following significant activations of the Flood Recovery Framework. Following the activation of support after Storms Babet in 2023 and Henk in 2024, a formal post-activation review identified opportun...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when will the fourth National Adaptation Plan be presented to Parliament.
Answer: Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Government must complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years, followed by a National Adaptation Programme (NAP) outlining how identified risks will be addressed. The Government intends to publish...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNeurological DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to improve the collection of condition-specific data on (a) referrals, (b) waiting times and (c) diagnosis for (i) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, (ii) Corticobasal Deg
Answer: All consultant neurologists are trained to recognise, diagnose, and initiate management of atypical parkinsonian conditions, including Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration. Patients across England access specialist expertise throug...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNeurological Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) geographical distribution of clinicians with specialist expertise in (i) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, (ii) Corticobasal De
Answer: All consultant neurologists are trained to recognise, diagnose, and initiate management of atypical parkinsonian conditions, including Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration. Patients across England access specialist expertise throug...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDstlMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that the new laboratory at DSTL Porton Down, as announced in The Defence Investment Plan, utilises human-relevant new approach technologies, rather than the use of animals.
Answer: Dstl is committed to the principles of Reduction, Replacement and Refinement (‘the 3Rs’) in its use of laboratory animals. The possibility of using alternative methodologies is considered as part of the initial planning of every proposed project, and Home...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDstlMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether funding for a new laboratory at Porton Down for research into protection against biological threats, as announced in The Defence Investment Plan, will fund, support or increase the use of animals in testi
Answer: Dstl is committed to the principles of Reduction, Replacement and Refinement (‘the 3Rs’) in its use of laboratory animals. The possibility of using alternative methodologies is considered as part of the initial planning of every proposed project, and Home...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to respond to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s conclusion that more than 1,300 deaths a month in England can be attributed to long waiting times before
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided on 15 June 2026 in response to Question 7599.
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health Centres: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he publish advice recieved by his Department on the use of private funding and financial modelling in relation to the business case for Neighbourhood Health Centres be made public.
Answer: The Government does not routinely publish business cases containing market sensitive information and data, where doing so would risk prejudicing the commercial interests of the public authority in question, and the ability to generate value for money for ...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: PrimatesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's document entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals: Great Britain 2025, updated on 9 July 2026, for what reason harms arising from transp
Answer: Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, severity assessments measure harms to an animal during a regulated procedure and reflect the highest severity experienced during that procedure, including any cumulative procedural effects. Harms arising...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference her Department's document entitled Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals: Great Britain 2025, updated on 9 July 2026, what assessment she has made of the reasons
Answer: The Home Office identified an error in the data tables accompanying the 2025 Annual Statistics relating to the number of procedures reported for the routine production of monoclonal antibodies. The figures published in the data tables did not accurately r...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration's document entitled Fifty Fourth Report – 2026, published on 25 March 2026, including its recommendati
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1462 given to the House by the former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 25 March 2026.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the needs of the Community Dental Services will be reflected in the forthcoming NHS Workforce Plan.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role community dental services play in providing care for people with complex needs and those who may not be able to access general dental services.The 10 Year Workforce Plan will help ensure the National Health Ser...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: AnaestheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) maximum wait is for a child to have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic in the Community Dental Service for which the latest data is available.
Answer: Further to the answer of 9 July to Question 16108, NHS England is currently completing quality assurance for the new waiting list data, in order to ensure that the information is accurate, complete, and suitable for sharing with providers and commissioner...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: AnaestheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) maximum wait is for a special care adult to have dental treatment under general anaesthetic in the Community Dental Service for which the latest data is available.
Answer: Further to the answer of 9 July to Question 16108, NHS England is currently completing quality assurance for the new waiting list data, in order to ensure that the information is accurate, complete, and suitable for sharing with providers and commissioner...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Private EquityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of exposure of NHS dental service provision to private equity investors.
Answer: National Health Service dental services are commissioned by integrated care boards to deliver NHS dental treatment in primary care settings. Dental practices are private businesses and therefore able to decide how they operate, providing they remain compl...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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