Andrew Pakes MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
TourismDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local visitor economies.
Answer: The Government is supporting the visitor economy through partnerships with VisitBritain and VisitEngland to promote Britain globally and drive local growth. The new Visitor Economy Advisory Council brings together industry leaders, regional voices, and ex...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided to Ofsted for the inspection of independent schools in each of the last five years.
Answer: Ofsted inspects around 50% of the 2,496 (July 2025) registered private schools in England. There is currently disparity between the fees charged for inspections and full cost recovery.The table below sets out the budgeted cost of inspections compared to t...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Schools Inspectorate: ExpenditureDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided for the (a) operation of the Independent Schools Inspectorate and (b) cost of inspections undertaken by the Inspectorate in each financial year since 2015-16.
Answer: The department does not provide funding to the Independent Schools Inspectorate, and does not cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many grants have been awarded under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme in each month since the scheme started by (a) technology, (b) local authority and (c) constituency.
Answer: Up to the end of April 2025, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) has received 79,964 applications, and has paid out 51,109 vouchers to the cost of ~£343 million. The Government publish monthly data on the progress of scheme which can be found here. Published ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Hubs: PeterboroughCabinet OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52491More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the staff capacity is at the civil service hub building in Peterborough; and what the average staff occupancy is.
Answer: Quay House, in Peterborough, was opened in March 2023, bringing together approximately 1,200 civil servants from several government bodies to work in one shared building. Not all civil servants will be in the office at the same time. The building has a ma...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSepsis: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of the symptoms of sepsis.
Answer: Sepsis has no specific diagnostic test, and the signs and symptoms can vary, making it challenging to identify and diagnose.We are focused on improving the clinical awareness and recognition of sepsis by healthcare professionals, so that unwell and deteri...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSepsis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of sepsis in the 10 Year Health Plan.
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10 Year Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. This will include how we improve access to, and the experience of, urgent and emergency care, such as for when people develop sepsis.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more organisations to sign the Armed Forces Covenant.
Answer: Since taking up post, I have had the opportunity to engage with hundreds of organisations, including Local Authorities, who are signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant; doing fantastic work for our people, and their families. The Covenant pledge and the De...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Educational VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of educational access visits to farms over the last five years; and what plans he has
Answer: Educational access features as part of the wider Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes and we are developing it further as a new 3-year capital item; we expect this to be available later in 2025. It will be a stand-alone capital item, though applica...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrabs: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the spread of mitten crabs to Cambridgeshire.
Answer: The Government understands concerns regarding the impact of Chinese mitten crab in Cambridgeshire. However, whilst we continue to take steps to prevent the further spread of Chinese mitten crab, Defra is not currently aware of any cost-effective or proven...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Skills England will be required to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty under the Equalities Act 2010.
Answer: Skills England will be required to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. While currently operating in shadow form, Skills England will (subject to final approvals) be established as an Executive Agency of the depa...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
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