Adrian Ramsay MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Fish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department to ensure the humane slaughter of farmed fish.
Answer: Since publication of the Animal Welfare Committee’s updated Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing a GB-wide joint government-industry working group on farmed trout has been examining the issues raised in the report. This co-design w...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: Risk AssessmentCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76767More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he took to consider climate change tipping points when preparing the update to the National Risk Register in January 2025.
Answer: The UK is facing an ever-changing and growing set of risks. The National Risk Register focuses on the reasonable worst case ‘acute’ risks, which are discrete events requiring an emergency response and likely to occur over the next two-five years. All risk...
Answered 1 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to delay any local elections as a result of the new local government structures proposed in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.
Answer: No.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on primary care NHS dental services net of patient charge revenue in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each financial year since 2010-11.
Answer: The table attached shows the total spend on primary care National Health Service dental services net of patient charge revenue in cash and real terms in each financial year since 2010/11. Data for 2024/25 is not published yet.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will review his Department's conversion factors for GHG reporting for (a) bioenergy and (b) WTT bioenergy in the light of the most recent remote sensing data from independent system(s)
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given on 4 September to Question UIN 69532 which describes the review process used to update conversion factors. This includes for the conversion factors for bioenergy and well-to-tank bioenergy. The UK is one of only ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: NationalisationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Waveney Valley of 21 July 2025, Official Report, col 579, on what evidential basis his Department has estimated the cost of bri
Answer: Defra has estimated that nationalising the water industry would cost approximately £100 billion. This is based on the sector’s Regulatory Capital Value (RCV), which was £99.3 billion in 2024 and £106.7 billion in 2025. It reflects the cost of purchasing e...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will set out the (a) review process and (b) changes for the greenhouse gas conversion factors for (i) bioenergy (ii) well-to-tank bioenergy each year since 2015.
Answer: A proportionate risk-based approach is taken to reviewing and updating conversion factors, considering size of UK emission among other factors. As part of the annual peer review process, priority improvements for each year are advised by a Steering Group,...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's document entitled Dentistry Cost Survey published on 13 May 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of incorporating the results of the cost of
Answer: The Government is conducting a research project to better understand the costs and pressures associated with running a dental practice in England. The aim is to support ambitions on dental reform by ensuring that the Government has an objective and accura...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the research entitled Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2024, published on 8 July 2024, how the conversion factors for (a) bioenergy and (b) well-to-tank bioenerg
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publish Government Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Conversion Factors for Company Reporting annually. Their scope is defined to be relevant to Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations, following GHG P...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the research entitled Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2024, published on 8 July 2024, whether the conversion factors for (a) fuels and (b) well-to-tank fuels ha
Answer: A proportionate risk-based approach is taken to reviewing and updating conversion factors, considering size of UK emission among other factors. As part of the annual peer review process, priority improvements for each year are advised by a Steering Group,...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the research entitled Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2024, published on 8 July 2024, if he will review his Department's conversion factors for (a) fuels and (b
Answer: A proportionate risk-based approach is taken to reviewing and updating conversion factors, considering size of UK emission among other factors. As part of the annual peer review process, priority improvements for each year are advised by a Steering Group,...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the research entitled Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2024, published on 8 July 2024, how the conversion factors for (a) fuels and (b) well-to-tank fuels were d
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publish Government Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Conversion Factors for Company Reporting annually. Their scope is defined to be relevant to Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations, following GHG P...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local council elections postponed in 2025 will take place in 2026.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 65017 on 14 July 2025.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCountryside 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
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