Alicia Kearns MP: written questions
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Gaza: DoctorsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Ministers from his Department last raised the bombing of British doctors working with Medical Aid for Palestine with their Israeli counterparts.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will continue to raise aid worker safety in Gaza with our Israeli counterparts. Last month, the Foreign Secretary drew attention to the deadly situation on the ground for humanitarians with Israel's Forei...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: DoctorsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has concluded investigations into how British doctors working with Medical Aid for Palestine were bombed by Israel in January 2024.
Answer: We expect Israel to investigate all attacks against humanitarians and medical staff fully and transparently. We also expect that those responsible are meaningfully held to account.Attacks on hospitals and medical facilities are deeply distressing. We rema...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the investigation into the killing of three British aid workers in April 2024 by an Israeli drone will conclude.
Answer: The strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy killing British citizens John Chapman, James Henderson, and James Kirby was an appalling injustice. In November last year, the Foreign Secretary met with their families and was moved by their dedication to se...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeerDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the next deer management strategy will be published.
Answer: We recognise new and existing woodlands are under pressure from increasing damage caused by over-foraging of young trees and woodland flora by wild deer. We are considering how to go further to reduce these impacts and will provide an update in due course...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending disability living allowance for children up to the age of 25.
Answer: Through our Green Paper, Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, we are consulting on raising the age at which young people move from Disability Living Allowance for children (DLAc) to the adult disability benefit Personal...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring mandatory quotas of disability accessible housing for new developments.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework that was published on 12 December 2024 requires local planning authorities to assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those of disabled people, and ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Undocumented MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether housing associations can evict existing tenants in order to house illegal immigrants.
Answer: A housing association can only end a tenancy following the relevant specific legal procedure. For example, if they have a legal reason to do so as set out in the grounds for possession in law, such as rent arrears or antisocial behaviour.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund to include all poultry.
Answer: Grants for Animal Health and Welfare items remain focused on the most commonly farmed species: pigs, dairy cows, beef cattle, laying chickens, broiler chickens and sheep. No new assessment was conducted on expanding eligibility to additional species for t...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: British Students AbroadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British students who obtain a medical degree abroad to be treated the same as domestic students when applying for jobs in the N
Answer: Subject to their registration status, British students who have obtained a medical degree abroad are able to apply for jobs in the National Health Service on the same basis as United Kingdom medical graduates.Following completion of a medical degree, in o...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to fund accessibility improvements at train stations.
Answer: Since its launch in 2006, the Access for All programme has delivered step free upgrades at more than 260 station across Britain. The government is committed to continuing to improve the accessibility of the railway.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether existing Personal Independence Payment claimants of pension age who request a change of circumstances review from November 2026 will be required to score at least four points in one daily living
Answer: In the Pathways to Work Green Paper we announced that we will introduce a new eligibility requirement to ensure that only those who score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity will be eligible for the daily living component of PIP...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether existing Personal Independence Payment claimants of pension age with a planned award review from November 2026 will be required to score at least four points in one daily living activity in orde
Answer: In the Pathways to Work Green Paper we announced that we will introduce a new eligibility requirement to ensure that only those who score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity will be eligible for the daily living component of PIP...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: VeganismHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect (a) farming and (b) food production sites from illegal drone flying by vegan activists.
Answer: The Home Office, working closely with policing, has built a national counter-drone capability to equip police with the capabilities they need to detect and mitigate the illegal or malicious use of drones. These capabilities comprise a range of specialist ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime and Policing Bill: Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed duty to report child abuse in the Crime and Policing Bill would apply to disclosures made in religious confessionals.
Answer: Ministers have met with a number of interested Parliamentarians to discuss clauses 45-54 of the Crime and Policing Bill, including a member of the Lords Spiritual. We will continue to engage with faith groups that and other organisations to help them mana...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime and Policing Bill: Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed duty to report child abuse in the Crime and Policing Bill would apply to all (a) religious and (b) faith-based bodies.
Answer: Ministers have met with a number of interested Parliamentarians to discuss clauses 45-54 of the Crime and Policing Bill, including a member of the Lords Spiritual. We will continue to engage with faith groups that and other organisations to help them mana...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime and Policing Bill: Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings her Ministers have held with (a) religious or faith-based bodies and (b) their representatives on the proposed duty to report child abuse legislation in the Crime and Policing Bill.
Answer: Ministers have met with a number of interested Parliamentarians to discuss clauses 45-54 of the Crime and Policing Bill, including a member of the Lords Spiritual. We will continue to engage with faith groups that and other organisations to help them mana...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SoilDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent the Rural Payments Agency's planned cancellation of payments under the SAM3: herbal leys scheme .
Answer: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) have identified that a number of customers have included actions within their Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement that may not be allowed under the scheme rules and as clearly set out in the customer guidance. These cas...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SoilDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending payments from the SAM3: herbal leys scheme on farmers.
Answer: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) have identified that a number of customers have included actions within their Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement that may not be allowed under the scheme rules and as clearly set out in the customer guidance. These cas...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicines DirectorateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment on the effectiveness of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate since it removed the ability to submit reports online.
Answer: The provision of a Web reporting route for suspected adverse event cases to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is not mandatory and, therefore, its suspension does not affect the VMD’s approach to assessment. Reporting of adverse events continues ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordQuarrying: Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider reforming the monitoring system for PM10 emissions from quarries; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on public health.
Answer: Particulate matter emissions from quarries are regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016, including through emission limits and monitoring requirements on total particulate matter. We will keep standards for PM10 em...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordQuarrying: Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the approved monitoring scheme for PM10 admissions from quarries.
Answer: Particulate matter emissions from quarries are regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016, including through emission limits and monitoring requirements on total particulate matter. We will keep standards for PM10 em...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFoot and Mouth Disease: Hungary and SlovakiaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect British (a) farmers and (b) produce from the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in (i) Hungary and (ii) Slovakia.
Answer: The Government has stepped up measures to protect the UK from Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) following recent outbreaks in Central Europe and Germany. This includes a ban on imports of live animals and certain animal products to Great Britain from Hungary, ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any Cabinet colleagues have asked his Department to delay the China audit.
Answer: The China Audit is a comprehensive cross-government process. The timeline is driven by the need for sufficient consultation and analysis, across government and beyond, in order to inform Audit conclusions.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he expects the China audit to be (a) completed and (b) published.
Answer: We are carrying out an audit of the UK's interests with China, so we can understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities China poses. This is a comprehensive exercise, which is important to get right. Whilst we have never committed to a specifi...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: ChinaTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45903More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) she and (b) her officials discussed the China audit with (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ahead of her visit to the People's Republic of China.
Answer: The UK Government is carrying out an audit to examine the UK's interests with respect to China to improve our ability to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities China poses. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has discussed various topics, ...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
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