Adrian Ramsay MP: written questions 2025
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Genetically 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
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for publishing the welfare standards and guidance to accompany the Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024; and which stakeholders he
Answer: The accompanying guidance to the Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024 has been developed taking into account views from the consultation undertaken in 2023 and relevant experts. The guidance will be published shortly.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations will be consulted as part of the development of the Government's Food Strategy; and whether the expert panel will include representatives from the (a) sustainable f
Answer: As part of the development of the food strategy there will be multiple routes for stakeholders to share ideas and input into the strategy. The Food Strategy Advisory Board represents the first step in a wider stakeholder engagement plan which will continu...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement an immediate moratorium on import permits for hunting trophies of (a) polar bears and (b) other endangered species.
Answer: We committed to a ban on the import of hunting trophies of endangered animals in our manifesto and we will deliver on this. We are currently engaging with a range of stakeholders in order to decide on the most effective approach.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordScouts and Guides: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether funding for the Scouts will be extended beyond March 2025.
Answer: DCMS is committed to continued funding for Uniformed Youth Organisations in 2025/26. Funding allocations for specific programmes will be communicated in due course.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women born (a) on or (b) after April 6 1950 have been impacted by the changes to pension age in Waveney Valley constituency.
Answer: As of the 2021 census, there were approximately 33,700 women who were born in 1950 or later, in the Waveney Valley constituency. Of these, approximately 6,900 were born in the 1950s. It is not possible to accurately calculate the exact number of women bor...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Waveney ValleyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have registered for Pension Credit since the announcement of changes to the eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Payment in Waveney Valley constituency.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMethane: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the development of a national methane action plan.
Answer: We do not believe we need a methane action plan, as it is already covered in our existing delivery Plan for Carbon Budgets. We will publish an updated Plan that will outline the policies and proposals needed to meet Carbon Budgets 4-6 and the 2030 Nationa...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on President Trump's proposals for the US to (a) takeover and (b) own Gaza.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary had a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 27 January, prior to President Trump's comments on Gaza. The readout is available on gov.uk. We will continue to engage with the US Administration across the spectrum of foreign polic...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of comments made by US President Trump about Gaza on the current schedule for the release of hostages under the Gaza cease
Answer: The new US administration played an integral role in negotiating the ceasefire agreement, alongside Qatar and Egypt. The Prime Minister reiterated his thanks for these efforts in his call with President Trump on 26 January. The government will continue to...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what notice general dental practice contract holders will receive on changes to the new patient premium; and what the Government's policy is on notifying contract holders of changes to their contra
Answer: Any changes made to the New Patient Premium will require directions from my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. If any changes are agreed, contract holders will be notified by integrated care boards via NHS England.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the New Patient Premium scheme.
Answer: The Government has no plans to extend the New Patient Premium scheme. The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) its arms length bodies have made of the potential impact of the Water Industry National Environment Programme on carbon emissions.
Answer: Ofwat published their final determinations for Price Review 2024 (PR24) on 19 December, which included a confirmed £104 billion of water company expenditure between 2025 and 2030. £24 billion will be invested to improve the environment and Ofwat have conf...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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