Alex Mayer MP: written questions
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Tourist Attractions: AnimalsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing regulatory frameworks governing travel companies that market or sell tickets to animal-based tourist attractions.
Answer: DCMS has made no such assessment. Overall responsibility for consumer regulation, including Package Travel Regulations, sits with the Department for Business and Trade.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCanals: ClosuresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of canal have been closed for navigation due to water shortages in 2025.
Answer: The country’s largest navigation authority, the Canal and River Trust, reports that the prolonged period of dry weather this spring and summer has led to a number of restrictions and closures across its 2,000-mile inland waterway network. As well as low w...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff working in DfT Operator were women as of the end of July 2025.
Answer: As of 31 July 2025, 56.7 per cent of the DfT Operator workforce were women.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff working in DfT Operator were in their immediately previous role (a) working in the civil service (b) working in the private sector.
Answer: Neither the Department for Transport nor the DfT Operator hold this information.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full time equivalent staff were working in her Department as of the end of July 2025.
Answer: 3,404.74 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff were in the Ministerial Department’s total workforce at the end of July 2025.11,705.87 FTE staff were working in Executive Agencies.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMeasles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Integrated Care Boards on (a) increasing vaccination rates for and (b) prevention of measles.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declared a national standard incident response for measles on 10 July 2025 to oversee the risk assessment and public health response to the increase of measles cases in England and coordinate the multi-agency input to...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Health and SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on average cab temperatures on buses in periods of hot weather; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of average cab temperatures on the health of bus
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold this information. The Government recognises the importance of ensuring all transport workers have access to suitable working conditions. The majority of bus services in England outside London are provided on a co...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with animal welfare organisations on the potential merits of phasing out the use of enriched cages for laying hens.
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the introduction of bans on enriched cages for laying hens in European countries.
Answer: The Government is committed to upholding our high animal welfare standards as part of wider trade policy. We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. Th...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Urban AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to undertake high street rental auctions.
Answer: The government is working with eleven early adopter councils who are taking steps to implement High Street Rental Auction powers to showcase their benefits and provide a source of best practice for other councils. My officials are also providing practical...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: PatientsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for Blue Badges to include voluntary patient transport providers.
Answer: It is preferable for disabled individuals to hold their own Blue Badge, allowing them to use it in any vehicle they travel in, whether as a driver or a passenger. However, an organisational Blue Badge may be issued to an organisation for use in vehicles t...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: WindowsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68879More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the external windows were last cleaned on (a) Norman Shaw South, (b) Portcullis House and (c) Richmond House.
Answer: The external windows were last cleaned on the following dates.(a) Norman Shaw South: South, East and West façade were last cleaned in February 2025, with the next clean scheduled in August 2025. The North façade is unable to be cleaned due to reach and wa...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFireworks: Animal WelfareDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on consulting animal welfare organisations on the review of fireworks legislation.
Answer: I have met with several animal charities in recent months, including Dogs Trust, the RSPCA and Redwings, through the fireworks working group. I continue to engage with businesses, consumer groups and charities to gather evidence on the issues and impacts ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSummertime: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of moving to (a) single and (b) double summer time on cumulative carbon emissions.
Answer: The Government believes the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. Therefore, we have no plans to introduce single summertime, double summertime, or other such changes. Since the Government ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Annual Shared Micromobility Report 2024 published by CoMoUK.
Answer: We are committed to growing shared micromobility in Great Britain. The Government continues to trial rental e-scooters so we can learn what works, and on 21 July I announced these trials will be extended to May 2028, and for the first time since the trial...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Schemes BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact the Pension Schemes Bill on the savings of people in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency and (b) East of England.
Answer: The Pension Schemes Bill could mean nationally an average earner saving over their career may have around £29,000 more in their Defined Contribution pension pot at retirement. In total, around 20 million savers could benefit from the Bill and around 2 mil...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Fixed PenaltiesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is considering taking steps to reform the escalation process for Penalty Charge Notices in cases where the original notice was for a minor offence and was not received by the registered k
Answer: With regard to on-street parking, local highway authorities are responsible for enforcing parking restrictions under the system of Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE). Penalty charge notices must be issued in line with the Secretary of State’s ‘Statutory Guid...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst Aid: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of basic life support education in schools.
Answer: All state-funded schools are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education curriculum, as part of relationships, sex and health education. This includes basic treatment for common injuries, life-saving skills, including how to admi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to introduce species-specific requirements for the 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 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of transferring responsibility for the licensing of animal testing to the (a) Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Answer: It is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office to consider the benefits of any changes to the allocation of responsibilities between different government departments.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUnderstanding Animal ResearchCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66753More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many arm’s-length bodies provided funding to Understanding Animal Research in the 2024–25 financial year, broken down by the amount of funding provided by each body.
Answer: Information on how issued funding is spent by arms length bodies, including any membership of third party organisations, is not gathered centrally.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Signs and Markings: SchoolsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of locations with enforceable School Keep Clear road markings in each local authority area.
Answer: The Government has no plans to publish such a list. Local authorities are responsible for these markings and maintaining their own records.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include the safety of road workers in its Road Safety strategy.
Answer: This Government takes the safety of all road users seriously, including those who work on our roads. We are developing a Road Safety Strategy and further details will be shared in due course.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the system of recording abuse against roadworkers.
Answer: Assaults against a person are already an offence (Common Assault) under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and are covered under other legislation such as the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which also covers more serious violence, including actual bodi...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's planned timetable is for reviewing the national wildfire framework.
Answer: The Government is taking a joined-up approach to enhancing resilience to wildfires. Prior to the transfer of fire functions to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Home Office convened a number of stakeholder workshops wi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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