Alex Ballinger MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Roads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to penalise offenders who fail to remain at the scene of a serious road traffic collision.
Answer: This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motor...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Act 1988Department for TransportTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to publish a consultation on the adequacy of fail to stop provisions in the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Answer: This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motor...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigration and Conflict DirectorateForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered dissolving her Department's Migration and Conflict Directorate.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 11 July 2025 to Question 64725.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMigration and Conflict DirectorateForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Migration and Conflict Directorate in (a) preventing and (b) reducing conflict in priority contexts; what
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 11 July 2025 to Question 64725.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordYemen: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much foreign aid she plans to grant to Yemen for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Answer: Specific funding allocations in future years for individual programmes and countries will be confirmed in the usual way in due course.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYemen: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance funding she plans to provide to Yemen in each of the next five years.
Answer: Specific funding allocations in future years for individual programmes and countries will be confirmed in the usual way in due course.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: DieselDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the transition to electric vehicles on small businesses that provide repairs to diesel vehicles.
Answer: The Government's Industrial Strategy sets out our plans to upskill the nation with an extra £1.2 billion each year by 2028-29 and to deliver more opportunities for people at all stages of life to learn and earn in our high-growth sectors. The newly create...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of inaccessible (a) public transport and (b) streets on disabled people seeking employment.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of accessible streets and public transport to enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity, including ensuring they can access and sustain employment opportunities. As part of our broader m...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Public FootpathsDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will respond to her Department's consultation entitled Managing Pavement Parking, which closed on 22 November 2020, by 31 December 2025.
Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will announce the next steps and publish...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to include measures to prevent pavement parking.
Answer: The Department held a consultation in 2020 and is working through the policy options to tackle pavement parking and the appropriate means of delivering them. As soon as the Government is satisfied that an optimal solution to this complex issue has been id...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: SikhsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help improve the confidence of the Sikh community in the police to report hate crimes that (a) include and (b) do not include extreme violence.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime, including those targeting the Sikh community. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion, and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: SikhsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Sikhs entitled Anti-Sikh Hate Crime Re
Answer: We welcome the Sikh Guard initiative, a third-party reporting service specifically for the Sikh Community. The Government has worked with the police to fund True Vision, an online hate crime reporting portal, designed so that victims of hate crime do not ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSikhs: SafetyHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent racially-motivated (a) violence and (b) sexual assault against members of the Sikh community.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime, including those targeting the Sikh community. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion, and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading Standards: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of funding for local trading standards and (b) the potential impact of this on their ability to respond promptly to complex and re
Answer: Local Authorities are responsible for determining resourcing priorities in accordance with the needs of their local communities, and the members of those communities will differ according to the areas where they live.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what measures he is taking to ensure small businesses deliver (a) prompt, (b) competent and (c) honest services to consumers.
Answer: All businesses are required to comply with consumer law, which aims to protect consumers from poor conduct by traders. Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, goods sold by traders must be as described, of a satisfactory quality, and fit for a particular purp...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) consumers are protected from consumer fraud by small businesses and (b) victims are (i) promptly and (ii) sufficiently compensated for their losses.
Answer: DBT funds Citizens Advice to provide consumer advice in England and Wales. Citizens Advice run an annual Scams Awareness campaign on behalf of the Consumer Protection Partnership to raise awareness about scams: how to spot a scam, prevent becoming a victi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading Standards: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on ensuring that local trading standards services are adequately resourced.
Answer: Local Authorities are responsible for determining resourcing priorities in accordance with the needs of their local communities, and the members of those communities will differ according to the areas where they live.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: EnforcementMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure civil court judgments related to consumer fraud are effectively (a) satisfied and (b) enforced; and what steps he is taking to ensure perpetrators cannot continue with such behav
Answer: The civil courts offer several methods for creditors to enforce civil judgment debts, including warrants or writs of control, attachment of earnings orders, third party debt orders and charging orders. These processes are designed to address different fin...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Mental Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on ensuring that police (a) officers and (b) staff receive (i) mental health and (ii) self-harm prevention support.
Answer: This Government is committed to supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of all our police and are working closely with police leaders to ensure this.This includes providing ongoing funding to the National Police Wellbeing Service, which provides evid...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the (a) commissioning and (b) funding model for gambling harm treatment services is structured across England; and whether he plans to issue a Letter of Comfort to Providers.
Answer: At present, NHS England provides ringfenced funding to the integrated care boards for the commissioning of eight regional gambling harms services in England. The majority of other gambling harms treatment services in England, largely provided by the volun...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for gambling harm treatment services will be structured through (a) block funding, (b) activity-based models or (c) outcome-based models; what his Department's timetable is for (i)
Answer: The new statutory levy on gambling operators came into effect in April 2025. Under the levy, NHS England, and appropriate bodies in Scotland and Wales, are the commissioners for gambling-related harm treatment and support services. They will receive 50% o...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the contracting process to enable established providers to apply for or maintain commissioned status for the commissioning of gambling harm treatment services will be through (a) open tende
Answer: The new statutory levy on gambling operators came into effect in April 2025. Under the levy, NHS England, and appropriate bodies in Scotland and Wales, are the commissioners for gambling-related harm treatment and support services. They will receive 50% o...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will be responsible for commissioning gambling harm treatment services in relation to the portion of the Gambling Levy allocated for treatm
Answer: Under the new statutory levy on gambling operators which came into effect in April, NHS England and appropriate bodies in Scotland and Wales are the commissioners for gambling-related harm treatment and support services. They will receive 50% of available...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of penalty levels for uninsured driving in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries.
Answer: The Department has not made a comparative assessment of penalty levels for uninsured driving in the UK and other European countries.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of penalty levels for uninsured driving.
Answer: My department is developing our Road Safety Strategy and will set out more details in due course. All drivers must be insured to drive or ride the vehicle they are using and for the purpose it is used for. The Government takes uninsured driving seriously....
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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