Alex Baker MP: written questions
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Tree Planting: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the number of trees that have been planted in Aldershot constituency since 2010.
Answer: The Forestry Commission publishes statistics on new planting of woodland, and trees outside woodland, in England. These can be found in Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators. These statistics are reported for each financial year in thousands of h...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent off-road vehicles used for recreational purposes from causing damage to (a) farmland and (b) the countryside in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: While many users make use of these rights in a responsible way, the Government is aware of damage and disturbance caused by excessive use of off-road motor vehicles on highways where such activities are legal, such as byways open to all traffic and on oth...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSewage: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce sewage discharges in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Bill, which will strengthen regulation, including...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: HampshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of water bills for people in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) Hampshire.
Answer: As the independent economic regulator, Ofwat independently scrutinises water company business plans and ensure the prices water companies charge their customers are fair and proportionate. Ofwat published their final determinations for Price Review 2024 o...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCountryside Stewardship Scheme: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of farms in Aldershot constituency are part of Countryside Stewardship scheme.
Answer: As of the 17 November there are no Farm Businesses with a current Countryside Stewardship scheme agreement in the Aldershot constituency. The above is based on the registered address for the business postcode. Note: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) only ho...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of farms in Aldershot constituency are part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: The Sustainable Farming Incentive has a rolling application window and as of 17 November there are currently no Farm Businesses with a Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement in the Aldershot constituency. * The above is based on the registered address fo...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: HampshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help reduce the risk of flooding in Hampshire.
Answer: To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience, by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The Environment Agency, Hampshire County Coun...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has allocated funding to flood defences in Aldershot.
Answer: To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience, by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The projects to receive Government funding in...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: AldershotDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle illegal waste in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling waste crime, which is a blight on our local communities and the environment and damages legitimate businesses. My department is considering what further measures to pursue to tackle waste crime, including regulatory...
Answered 3 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: DegreesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many degree apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in (i) Aldershot constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) London in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below provides details of degree level apprenticeship (level 6 and 7) vacancies in Aldershot constituency, Hampshire and London that were advertised on the Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) service on GOV.UK in each of the last five years.The departm...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: AldershotDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in Aldershot constituency by teachers with no relevant (i) A-level and (ii) higher
Answer: Information on the school workforce, including the pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios at national, regional, local authority and individual school level, plus subjects taught in state-funded secondary schools, is published in the ‘School workforce...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Aldershot constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
Answer: The department is able to provide links to the published dedicated schools grant (DSG) tables from the 2022/23 financial year to the 2024/25 financial year. These tables show average per pupil funding amounts, split by primary and secondary phase, for eac...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: AldershotDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: Supporting our expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chances for every child. However, this government has inherited a system with critical shortages of teachers, with the growth i...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Mental Health Support Teams there were in (a) Aldershot constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) London in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested at a constituency level. Nationally, the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) pilot programme commenced in 2018. The number of MHSTs in each integrated care board, from 2018, is available at the following link:...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare: AldershotDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of childcare in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: Giving children the best start in life is key to the government’s Opportunity Mission. Good parenting and high-quality early education provide the foundation for children to achieve and thrive. This government is determined to ensure that parents have acc...
Answered 2 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: AldershotDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff to student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Aldershot constituency in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023.
Answer: Information on the school workforce, including the pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios at national, regional, local authority and individual school level, plus subjects taught in state-funded secondary schools, is published in the ‘School workforce...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: AldershotDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: The department publishes the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools in the Aldershot constituency who receive free school meals. This data is available in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on the January 2024 sc...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBasic Skills: AldershotDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help improve children's oracy skills in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: High and rising school standards are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best life chances.The independent Curriculum and Assessment review will seek to deliver a curriculum which is rich...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordStudents: DebtsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the median level of student debt held by people in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: The median debt of full-time undergraduate borrowers funded by student finance England, whose postcode is within the Aldershot constituency, and who entered repayment within the last five financial years is £46,577. The median debt includes tuition fees a...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: AldershotHome OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of charge rates for anti-social behaviour in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission to take back our streets.We will put thousands of Neighbourhood Police and Community Support Officers into local communities so that resident...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TheftHome OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of vehicles stolen in (a) Aldershot constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each of the last 12 years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of ‘Aggravated vehicle taking’ and ‘theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle’ offences recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis. The latest information, to the...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPassports: AldershotHome OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications have (a) been and (b) not yet been processed from people in Aldershot constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: The data requested is not held in a reportable format.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: AldershotHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle street crime against women and girls in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: The 2024-25 police funding settlement provides funding of up to £18.5 billion. Hampshire Police’s funding will be up to £461.9m in 2024-25. This is in addition to £4.2m provided for the 2024-25 pay award which has been allocated outside of the police fund...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime PreventionHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help prevent crime in (i) Aldershot constituency, (ii) Hampshire, and (iii) England.
Answer: The 2024-25 police funding settlement provides funding of up to £18.5 billion. Hampshire Police’s funding will be up to £461.9m in 2024-25. This is in addition to £4.2m provided for the 2024-25 pay award which has been allocated outside of the police fund...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve standards in policing in Aldershot constituency.
Answer: The Government has been clear on its commitment to raise standards in policing. This will include introducing mandatory professional standards on vetting and improving police suspension provisions. More information on the Government’s plans will be set ou...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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