Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions 2025
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British Council: OfficesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of British Council office closures in Europe and North America on cultural and educational cooperation with the UK.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 906060.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Council: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to restore British Council funding to pre-pandemic levels.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 906060.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Council: OfficesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the closure of British Council offices.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 906060.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Council: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of reductions in British Council funding on the UK’s global soft power.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 906060.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: Economic SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the economic stability and continued growth of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Answer: I met Premier Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the recent Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). Total trade between the UK and the Overseas Territories is worth around £17 billion annually, supported by tariff-free access to the UK for Overseas Territ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: BusinessForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she has made an assessment of the legality of the proposed changes to business licence legislation within the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Answer: I met Premier Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the recent Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). Total trade between the UK and the Overseas Territories is worth around £17 billion annually, supported by tariff-free access to the UK for Overseas Territ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: Financial ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of February 2025 changes to the licencing of real estate brokers within Turks and Caicos; and whether she has recently consulted with industry re
Answer: I met Premier Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the recent Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). Total trade between the UK and the Overseas Territories is worth around £17 billion annually, supported by tariff-free access to the UK for Overseas Territ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: InvestmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Turks and Caicos government on investor confidence in the territory.
Answer: I met Premier Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the recent Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). Total trade between the UK and the Overseas Territories is worth around £17 billion annually, supported by tariff-free access to the UK for Overseas Territ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: BusinessForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will set out the proposed changes to business licence legislation within the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Answer: I met Premier Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the recent Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). Total trade between the UK and the Overseas Territories is worth around £17 billion annually, supported by tariff-free access to the UK for Overseas Territ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: USAHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported from the USA to the UK in each year since 2016.
Answer: The UK and US have a bilateral arrangement to proactively share information about criminals being deported from the UK to US and the US to UK. This came into effect on 29 July 2020. International partners are not obliged to notify each other about the dep...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people living with mental health conditions and on benefits into the workplace.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Backed by £240 million investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched in November 2024 is driving ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: NeurodiversityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.
Answer: We have in place a range of measures to support employees with a disability or long-term health condition, including neurodivergent individuals, in the workplace. Our digital information service for employers, Support with Employee Health and Disability p...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has considered the merits of making it mandatory for DBS checks to be (a) single use and (b) job specific.
Answer: The Home Office does not place requirements on how DBS checks are used. It is for individual sectors to decide what, if anything, they want to mandate for their sectors
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to prevent third-party sales of DVLA practical driving tests.
Answer: To ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a practical driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling tests across the country. The measures the Secretary of State ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of giving local authorities the power to introduce a temporary Blue Badge scheme.
Answer: Currently, local authorities, in their capacity as the traffic authority for their area, are already free to consider setting up locally determined temporary parking concessions that could assist the recovery of residents who have recently undergone major...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she has considered the potential merits of widening the eligibility criteria for the Blue Badge scheme.
Answer: This Government fully recognises the importance of ensuring that the Blue Badge scheme supports those who have their mobility impacted by substantial and enduring disabilities and other health conditions. The Department for Transport works closely with lo...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to (a) repair and (b) improve the condition of road networks in (i) England and (ii) Romford constituency.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Government committed over £2 billion annually by 2029/30 for local authorities to repair and renew their roads and fix potholes. For the first time, we have confirmed funding allocations for the next four years, enabling local au...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce housefires in social housing in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Answer: The Department continues to run its national Fire Kills campaign to raise awareness of key fire safety messages and behaviours to help keep people safe in their homes. The latest advertising campaign launched on 17 November and reminds people to ensure th...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to repair roads in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Government committed over £2 billion annually by 2029/30 for local authorities to repair and renew their roads and fix potholes. For the first time, we have confirmed funding allocations for the next four years, enabling local au...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95617More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned double duty increases on tobacco products on inflation.
Answer: Forecasting the economy, including the effect of Government policy decisions on inflation, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR set out the impact of policy measures on inflation in its Autumn Budget 202...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95616More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason tobacco duty increased above the rate of inflation in the Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government renewed the commitment to a tobacco duty escalator, which increases duty by 2 percent above RPI inflation at each Budget, until the end of the current Parliament. At Autumn Budget 2025, the duty on all tobacco product...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95615More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of registering people involved in the distribution and sale of excise goods in a national scheme administered by HMRC.
Answer: The existing excise regime is already well regulated, with HMRC operating several registration and approval schemes for those who deal in excise goods, for example the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS), the Tobacco Trace and Trace system and t...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsif PervaizForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterparts concerning the detention of Asif Pervaiz; and what diplomatic steps she is taking to support his release.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 12 June to question 58220.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to tackle illegal firearm possession.
Answer: The Government works closely with the police and the National Crime Agency (NCA) to ensure that we have the right laws, intelligence, detection and enforcement capabilities to tackle the threat posed by the unlawful possession and use of firearms. While i...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Older PeopleDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to work with local authorities to prepare elderly social housing residents for cold temperatures.
Answer: The Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH: SHF) (Wave 3) will upgrade a significant amount of the social housing stock below EPC C up to that standard, delivering warm homes and tackling fuel poverty. Delivery began in April 2025 and will deliver up to £1.2...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
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