Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions 2025
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Unemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce youth unemployment.
Answer: As part of our plan to Get Britain Working, we are launching a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 in England to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work. The Department for Work an...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: MouldDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken with (a) headteachers, (b) local authorities to reduce (a) mould and (b) damp in educational buildings.
Answer: The department takes the safety of children and those who work with them incredibly seriously.The department supports responsible bodies, such as local authorities, academy trusts and voluntary-aided bodies and their schools to meet their responsibilities...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving under InfluenceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to lower the drink drive limit in England.
Answer: The Government is considering policy options in respect of motoring offences, including around drink and drug driving. Details will follow in due course.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving InstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to mandate a defined minimum learning period before learner drivers can take their test.
Answer: We are considering measures and assessing their potential impacts to tackle the root causes of young and novice driver collisions. We will set out more details in due course.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Instruction: MotorwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to mandate that learner drivers have practiced driving on motorways prior to taking a driving test.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has no current plans to mandate that all learner drivers must undertake motorway driving prior to their driving test, for several key reasons.Not all learners have convenient access to motorways, with many ca...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving under InfluenceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce drug or alcohol linked fatalities on roads in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Answer: The enforcement of road traffic law and how available resources are deployed is the responsibility of individual Chief Officers and Police and Crime Commissioners, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced. THIN...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to improve the safety of domestic air travel.
Answer: The Department for Transport is committed to maintaining the highest standards for aviation safety. The DfT chaired State Safety Board (SSB) oversees UK Aviation Authorities and works to improve UK aviation safety. It identifies and mitigates safety risks...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransportDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with the devolved Administrations to increase transport connectivity between the four Home Nations.
Answer: While transport is largely a devolved responsibility for the Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Department for Transport is working with its counterparts to improve transport connectivity across the UK.As recommended by the Union Con...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce fatalities involving young drivers in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Answer: Local authorities have a statutory duty to take steps both to reduce and prevent collisions, and the powers to make their own decisions about the design of the streets under their care, taking account of the relevant legislation and official guidance. My ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58169More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the decrease in tobacco duty as set out in HMRC's annual tax receipts bulletin with the ONS smoking prevalence data in (a) 2023 to 2024 and (b) 2024-2025.
Answer: In 2023/24 tobacco duty receipts totalled £8,804 million. In 2024/25, tobacco duty receipts fell 10% to £7,926 million. ONS smoking prevalence data is published by calendar year. In 2023 approximately 12% of over 18s in the UK were current smokers. The ON...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdditional Curates Society: FinanceChurch CommissionersTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57216More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissioners have received reports of financial impropriety at the Additional Curates Society.
Answer: The Church Commissioners have not received any reports regarding the Additional Curates Society. As a separate charity, the Additional Curates Society does not come under the remit or management of the Church Commissioners or the National Church Instituti...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards Smokefree 2030.
Answer: Smokefree 2030 was Government policy prior to and until the July 2024 General Election. The landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill will help deliver our current ambition to create a smoke-free generation, gradually ending the sale of tobacco products across the ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54690More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) HMRC tobacco duty receipts with (b) ONS smoking prevalence data in (i) 2023-2024 and (ii) 2024-2025
Answer: In 2023/24, tobacco duty receipts totalled £8,804 million. In 2024/25, tobacco duty receipts fell 10% to £7,926 million.ONS smoking prevalence data has been published up to the calendar year 2023. In that year, approximately 12% of over 18s in the UK were...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to re-issue guidance to local authorities on requests from owners who have exempted their XL Bully dogs to keep their pets in social housing.
Answer: Guidance on the ban on XL Bullies is available on GOV.UK In relation to keeping XL Bully dogs in social housing, or other rented accommodation, it is for the housing provider to decide their own policies on whether they permit tenants to keep exempted ban...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: Public AppointmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena has a Public Service Commission to advise the Governor when making appointments to the public service.
Answer: St Helena does not have a Public Service Commission. The Governor works closely with the St Helena Government on public service appointments and in accordance with the St Helena Constitution.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: Bank Services and Financial ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) financial and (b) technical support to enable the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena to deliver (i) financial and (
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) continues to work closely with the Government of St Helena to strengthen its financial sector and banking services, which have been identified as potential growth sectors.The FCDO provides financial ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon North Eastern RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with di
Answer: Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon North Eastern RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much LNER paid for the report commissioned from Jacobs consultancy entitled Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER – at stations with direct LNER services, published on 10 April 2025.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: PoliceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Governor of Saint Helena decides which positions in the police service are filled by Technical Cooperation Officers.
Answer: The budget for all Technical Cooperation Officers (TCO) is set by Saint Helena Government Ministers. The St Helena Government's Technical Cooperation Monitoring Group oversees the budget and TCO appointments. In line with St Helena's Constitution, the Chi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: Public ExpenditureForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 49725 on Saint Helena: Public Finance, what initiatives other than the Tourism Development Fund his Department supports to im
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is providing £35.79 million in financial aid to St Helena for the 2025/26 fiscal year. The St Helena Government (SHG) allocates a portion of this funding to advance its policy objectives, including a...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: AviationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49901 on Saint Helena: Aviation, whether the weather causing delayed flights includes wind shear; and whether this was ident
Answer: Poor weather including cloud cover, high winds and wind shear has on occasion caused delays to scheduled flight services to St Helena Airport. Prior to the airport's construction, the initial expert advice provided to the former Department for Internation...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Helena: PoliceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 49724 on Saint Helena: Police, whether the national average salary for locally recruited police constables includes the salar
Answer: The national average salary provided in response to Question 49724 did not include salaries for Technical Cooperation Officers (TCO). The St Helena Government sets TCO salaries to compete with the overseas job market and secure candidates with the advance...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52846More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 22583 on Government Departments: Procurement, what further discussions he has had with the Institution of Civil Engineers on releasing a new edition of the C
Answer: Cabinet Office officials regularly engage with the ICE and other industry leading organisations, many of which are signatories to our ‘Compact with Industry’. The Construction Playbook is regularly refreshed in collaboration with industry and the public s...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many regularisation of unauthorised building work applications the Building Safety Regulator rejected in each month between October 2023 and April 2025 under regulation 47 pa
Answer: The Department and the Building Safety Regulator recognise the value to the sector in providing performance data. From this quarter, BSR will be publishing quarterly data demonstrating the volumes of applications received, recorded outcomes and decision t...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many regularisation of unauthorised building work applications the Building Safety Regulator approved in each month between October 2023 and April 2025 under regulation 47 pa
Answer: The Department and the Building Safety Regulator recognise the value to the sector in providing performance data. From this quarter, BSR will be publishing quarterly data demonstrating the volumes of applications received, recorded outcomes and decision t...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
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