Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions 2026
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Hate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to police forces regarding the enforcement of hate crime legislation.
Answer: The police are operationally independent and work in line with College of Policing guidance to respond to hate crime.However, the Government expects the police to take strong actions against these crimes and work with the Crown Prosecution Service to ensu...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: ProductivityTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6724More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to increase economic productivity in a) England and b) Romford constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to increasing productivity as a central driver of sustainable economic growth and rising living standards.To support this, at the 2026 Mais Lecture, the Chancellor announced the government is going further with three big choice...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: Death and InjuriesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many a) deaths and b) injuries have been caused by illegal gas works in i) England and ii) London in each year since 2020.
Answer: Flammable gas incidents resulting in death and injury are reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under Regulation 11(1) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR). RIDDOR Reports notify HSE of dea...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: Private PropertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to tackle illegal gasworks on private properties.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the enforcing authority for gas businesses and engineers (including self- employed gas engineers) who work in private properties. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) requires engineers undert...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Office for Police Conduct: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) efficiency and (b) response time of the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
Answer: The Home Office’s senior sponsorship board monitors the IOPC’s performance against key perform indicators. The targets include times taken to respond to referrals and to carry out independent investigations. Rolling twelve-month figures are published on t...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEstate Agents: Urban AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which estate agencies does his Department consult with regularly in large urban areas.
Answer: My Department engages regularly with stakeholders from across the home buying and selling sector, including estate agent membership organisations and individual estate agent businesses from across the country.
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: Working HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are additional sitting hours for first tier tribunals after 1 May 2026.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice confirmed in February 2026 the sitting day allocations and funding envelope for His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for the period 2025-26 to 2028-29, including high allocations for the First Tier Tribunals: Courts and Tribu...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier TribunalMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of reducing the qualification time for people to sit on a first tier tribunal.
Answer: Judges of the First-Tier Tribunal are required by statute (the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) to have a specific legal qualification and appropriate legal experience. This must be five years’ post qualification experience (PQE), with a minimum...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRepossession OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether county courts will have additional sitting hours to deal with Section 8 possession orders following the commencement of the Renters Rights Act.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice (including its executive agency His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service) is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to make sure that the courts have sufficient capacity to manage the impac...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRepossession OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges he plans to recruit to help speed up Section 8 repossession orders.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice (including its executive agency His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service) is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to make sure that the courts have sufficient capacity to manage the impac...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy DrinksDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a statement on the enforcement capacity of Trading Standards in respect of the proposed high-caffeine energy drinks ban.
Answer: The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children aged under 16 years old. This has been subject to consultation.In the consultation, we proposed that local authorities would be responsible for enforcing any ban. L...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon and North Eastern Railway Company: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees there were in London and North Eastern Railway in 2019-20, 2022-23, 2023-34 and 2024-25.
Answer: London North Eastern Railway had total Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees in the following years: Year2019/202022/232023/242024/25Total FTEs3,044.03,037.93,167.93,379.7
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Marketing and SponsorshipDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budgetary guidance is provided to nationalised passenger train operators concerning their marketing, advertising and sponsorship spending arrangements.
Answer: The guidance to publicly owned train companies is the same as to the companies operating under National Rail Contracts. All passenger train operators are expected to act in a commercial and agile manner in encouraging more people to catch the train, inclu...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon and North Eastern Railway Company: Marketing and SponsorshipDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last met with the Managing Director of the London and North Eastern Railway to discuss its marketing, advertising and sponsorship spending and subsidy support.
Answer: As a publicly owned operator London and North Eastern Railway is managed by the DfT Operator (DfTO). The Minister of State for Rail recently met with David Horne, Managing Director of LNER and officials from DfTO routinely discuss how London North Easter...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon and North Eastern Railway Company: Horse racingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the London and North Eastern Railway has paid to sponsor horseracing events in the past five years.
Answer: London North Eastern Railway has not sponsored any horseracing events in the last five years.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon and North Eastern Railway Company: FootballDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the London and North Eastern Railway has paid to sponsor and partner with York City Football Club, Lincoln City Football Club, Heart of Midlothian Football Club, Hibernian Football Club, Newcastle United F
Answer: The amount spent by London North Eastern Railway is commercially sensitive given competition on the route. As public bodies, all DfT Operator train companies are held to Managing Public Money guidelines to ensure investment made represents value for money...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon and North Eastern Railway Company: MarketingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by the London and North Eastern Railway on marketing, advertising and public relations in 2019-20, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2023-25.
Answer: The amount spent by London North Eastern Railway is commercially sensitive given competition on the route. As public bodies, all DfT Operator train companies are held to Managing Public Money guidelines to ensure investment made represents value for money...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordQueen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the proposals for a complete reconfiguration of the Queen’s emergency department from the Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment of the proposed improvements to Queen’s Hospital emergency department, as it is being progressed by the Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that the training of Armed Forces personnel keeps pace with technological development in systems.
Answer: Defence Training and Education policy, set out in JSP 822, embeds Training, Education and Learning (TEL) and digital capability as core enablers of modern training. This is currently under review and an updated version is expected to be published in the a...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Cultural HeritageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help ensure that new social housing is architecturally fitting to relevant localities.
Answer: Exemplary development should be the norm not the exception so that more communities feel the benefits of new development and welcome it. As we act to boost housing supply, we are also taking steps to improve the design and quality of the homes and neighbo...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Cultural HeritageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his Department’s policy to take steps to strengthen planning regulations so that local authorities must take greater consideration of local architectural chara
Answer: Exemplary development should be the norm not the exception so that more communities feel the benefits of new development and welcome it. As we act to boost housing supply, we are also taking steps to improve the design and quality of the homes and neighbo...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordA12: Road Traffic ControlDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with local authorities to reduce traffic congestion on the A12.
Answer: The Government is working closely with local authorities in Greater London to support efforts to reduce traffic congestion. We have provided significant funding to support improvements to the capital’s road network. For example, we have provided £54.3 mil...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with local authorities to reduce traffic congestion in Greater London.
Answer: The Government is working closely with local authorities in Greater London to support efforts to reduce traffic congestion. We have provided significant funding to support improvements to the capital’s road network. For example, we have provided £54.3 mil...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: RomfordDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with Transport for London to complete the Gallows Corner flyover.
Answer: The government have been very supportive of Gallows Corner scheme and provided the GLA with £54.3 million. However, the delivery of this scheme is a matter entirely for the GLA and TfL.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: CrimeDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities in addressing crime at British airports.
Answer: Addressing crime at UK airports is a matter for local policing. The Department for Transport works closely with police and a range of other security authorities at airports to ensure effective aviation security measures are in place. These ensure that the...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
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