Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions 2025
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Aviation: Alternative FuelsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the inclusion of small and medium-sized enterprises in procurement processes related to the development and supply of sustainable aviation fuel.
Answer: My Department supports SME participation in innovative sectors such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the Business Growth Service. This makes it easier for businesses to get advice and support they need and later this year, we will publish a SME ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBananas: PesticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support banana-producing countries affected by the UK’s pesticide regulations; and whether his Department will help such countries identify susta
Answer: The decision to withdraw the use of the fungicide mancozeb in Great Britain does not immediately affect banana-producing countries. The UK Government recognises the importance that bilateral trade between the UK and banana-producing countries plays, in bo...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: ColombiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the potential impact of UK visa policy changes on SMEs that trade with Colombia.
Answer: UK exporters remain able to travel to Colombia visa-free to provide their goods and services. The UK also continues to welcome Colombian nationals with visit visas travelling to the UK for business reasons.DBT supports UK businesses of all sizes to export...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since 2021.
Answer: The Home Office publishes information on the number of charges for modern slavery in England and Wales. The number of individuals charged or summonsed for modern slavery offences was 226 in 2021, 192 in 2022, 167 in 2023 and 209 in 2024.More information o...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HaveringDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive Universal Credit in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering.
Answer: The latest available statistics on the number of people who are on Universal Credit, by Westminster parliamentary constituency and by local authority, are published in the ‘People on Universal Credit’ dataset on Stat-Xplore. Users can log in or access Sta...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: EnergyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the level of energy consumption required by artificial intelligence services.
Answer: The Government recognises that AI is a technology with significant energy demands.DSIT is working closely with industry to understand and forecast the future energy requirements of AI, noting that it is a rapidly evolving technology.Through the AI Energy ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: TuvaluCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62944More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the value of trade between the UK and Tuvalu in each year since 2020.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman or lady Parliamentary Question of 26th June is attached.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTrapping: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent the sale of illegal glue traps.
Answer: The Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 bans glue trap use in England in all but the most exceptional, licensable circumstances. It came into force in 2024. Nothing in the law prevents sale of glue traps in England. However, only pest controllers with a licenc...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUnderground Railways: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with the Mayor of London to help mitigate residential noise pollution from (a) the London Underground and (b) associated maintenance works.
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London. They are responsible for the operation and maintenance of London Underground, including assessment of noise generated and any necessary mitigations.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58607 on Saint Helena: Politics and Government, how many of those constitutions include a provision for special responsibil
Answer: Each Overseas Territory's constitution is unique. In relation to the 2021 amendment to the Constitution of Saint Helena, the Governor, in concert with the Legislative Council, commissioned an independent review of governance arrangements by the Westminste...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54689 on Dangerous Dogs: Social Rented Housing, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of being denied permi
Answer: Defra undertook an impact assessment when developing legislation to ban XL Bully dogs. This assessment recognised that some housing providers would not allow owners to keep XL bullies. It is for the housing provider to decide their own policies on whether...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to Reza Pahlavi on the conflict between Iran and Israel.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has already spoken to his Israeli, American, and Iranian counterparts and will continue to call for restraint and for all parties to step back. Now is the time for restrain, calm and a return to diplomacy. Our priority is stability i...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60427More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54690 on Tobacco: Excise Duties, whether her Department has undertaken analysis on the reasons for the 10% fall in tobacco duty receipts.
Answer: HMRC publishes commentary on tobacco duty receipts with the Tobacco Bulletin - Tobacco statistics commentary April 2025 - GOV.UK. The 10% decrease in tobacco duty receipts between 2023/24 and 2024/25 was primarily driven by falling cigarette and hand roll...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what changes he plans to make to the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 following the Treaty with Mauritius.
Answer: Following entry into force of the Treaty, Mauritius will be sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago and the British Indian Ocean Territory will no longer exist. The Government will bring forward a Bill as soon as parliamentary time allows, which will make p...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make provision for legally binding agreement protections for Chagossian (a) cultural and (b) historical locations following implementation of the agreement with Ma
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the reply given to his previous question 59998.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagossians: ResettlementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide rights of (a) abode, (b) resettlement and (c) return to Chagossians in the context of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the reply given to his previous question 59998.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Chagossian people will be assured of their right of abode within the British Indian Ocean Territory before transfer of sovereignty.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the reply given to his previous question 59998.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make provision to ensure that the current availability of visitation by UK Chagossians to their ancestral islands will continue after any transfer of s
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the reply to his previous question 59998.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it his Departments policy to permit the Chagossian people a say over their self-determination.
Answer: These negotiations were necessarily between the UK and Mauritius. We continue to engage with Chagossian communities. The Foreign Secretary and I met groups on 22 May 2025.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagossians: ResettlementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Chagossians resident in the UK and (b) all other Chagossians have (i) rights of abode, (ii) resettlement, (iii) return and (iv) oth
Answer: I refer the Hon member to the reply to his previous PQ 59998.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagossians: Ethnic GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department defines the Chagossian people as a distinct racial group of shared ethnic and cultural origin who are entitled to (a) recognition, (b) consideration an
Answer: The UK government provides a range of support to people who were born on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) / Chagos Archipelago and their descendants. The government has also maintained the current route to British citizenship for Chagossians unti...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagossians: Government AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will conduct a consultation with Chagossians on the (a) restoration of the right of (i) abode and (ii) resettlement, (b) loss of (A) visitation permissions and (B) prac
Answer: We recognise the importance of the islands to Chagossians and have worked to ensure the agreement reflects this. We will increase our support to Chagossians, including through: the establishment of a £40 million trust fund to benefit Chagossians; the abil...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the level of late diagnosis of (a) blood cancers and (b) solid tumour cancers.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce a specific proxy staging measure or a corresponding national target to support the earlier diagnosis of blood cancers. To tackle late diagnoses of blood cancers, the National Health Service is implementing non-speci...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure early diagnosis targets in cancer can be (a) measured and (b) monitored for (i) blood cancers and (ii) other unstageable cancers.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce a specific proxy staging measure or a corresponding national target to support the earlier diagnosis of blood cancers. To tackle late diagnoses of blood cancers, the National Health Service is implementing non-speci...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of an alternative to staging when measuring early diagnosis for (a) blood cancers and (b) other unstageable cancers.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce a specific proxy staging measure or a corresponding national target to support the earlier diagnosis of blood cancers. To tackle late diagnoses of blood cancers, the National Health Service is implementing non-speci...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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