Andrew Snowden MP: written questions 2025
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Bounce Back Loan Scheme: FraudDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies subject to investigation for Bounce Back Loans fraud have been prevented from dissolving in (a) Lancashire and (b) Fylde constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: This information is not centrally held by the Department for Business and Trade.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: ToutingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on the provision of consumer information to users of (a) Ticketmaster and (b) similar ticket platforms.
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is the UK’s independent competition authority and is independent of government. The department holds regular discussions with the CMA on consumer issues, including as part of its consultation on ticket resale an...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms will evaluate the Pride in Place programme at the local level.
Answer: This government is committed to taking a comprehensive approach to evaluating the Pride in Place Programme, including the impacts felt by funded communities. We will publish an Outcomes and Evaluation strategy in due course, which will set out more detail...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether guidance will be issued to Pride in Place boards on ensuring community engagement in funding decisions.
Answer: The Pride in Place Programme will give 244 of the most in-need places across Great Britain up to £20m funding and support over the next decade. Communities will decide how to invest this funding, with residents, community leaders and local businesses comi...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMissing PersonsHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were reported missing in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this data centrally.Information about current missing persons incidents is held by individual police forces. The National Crime Agency’s UK Missing Persons Unit holds the national database for all missing incidents that are u...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 73115 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection, whether her Department will commission an independent review to verify that there has been no imp
Answer: His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has expanded its checks using new digital tools to analyse the full period affected – covering around 700,000 cases – to determine whether any were impacted and to what extent. Based on the first phase of...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 73120 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection, how many people whose cases may have been affected have (a) been identified and (b) been notified
Answer: His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has expanded its checks using new digital tools to analyse the full period affected – covering around 700,000 cases – to determine whether any were impacted and to what extent. Based on the first phase of...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security and Child Support Tribunal: ICTMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 73118 on Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: ICT, whether her Department has undertaken retrospective sampling of closed cases to assess for undetec
Answer: His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has expanded its checks using new digital tools to analyse the full period affected – covering around 700,000 cases – to determine whether any were impacted and to what extent. Based on the first phase of...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWeeton Barracks: ConstructionMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many local (a) suppliers and (b) contractors have been engaged in the delivery of the (i) single living accommodation and (ii) solar projects at Weeton Barracks.
Answer: New Single Living Accommodation (SLA) at Weeton Barracks is currently being delivered through the Ministry of Defence’ Future Defence Infrastructure Services contractor, VIVO. VIVO as the principal contractor, engages with sub-contractors who need to demo...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) design, (b) sustainability and (c) cost per bedspace of the single living accommodation under construction at (i) Weeton Barracks and (ii) other recently built s
Answer: Weeton Barracks is in the first wave of the Army’s Single Living Accommodation (SLA) upgrade programmes since the Single Living Accommodation Management (SLAM) Programme completed in 2017. The building complies with the Government’s Net Zero Carbon Strate...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81447More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press notice entitled Civil Service staff networks to only meet outside working hours and have all events signed off by senior managers, published on 23 September 2025, if he w
Answer: In circumstances where organisers believe that the event could be attended during working time, it will be for the Senior Civil Servant signing-off the event to determine whether it is directly related to a business outcome or individual learning and deve...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81446More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press notice entitled Civil Service staff networks to only meet outside working hours and have all events signed off by senior managers, published on 23 September 2025, how man
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not hold data relating to the number of events deemed inappropriate.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled Childcare offer exceeds target, benefiting over 500,000 children, published on 24 September 2025, how many children by (a) income, (b) ethnicity, (c) dis
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.The department cannot provide figures on Eligibility Checking System (ECS) entitlement code validation bro...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has been of the (a) long-term health outcomes and (b) quality of life of patients who have undergone treatment for aplastic anaemia.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. The majority of the treatment pathway for aplastic anaemia is an integrated care board commissioning responsibility and data is not held centrally. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is a curative treatment option ...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemia: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to research on aplastic anaemia in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health and care including aplastic anaemia.Application...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness among (a) general practitioners and (b) the public on the (i) signs and (ii) symptoms of aplastic anaemia.
Answer: The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities collaboratively developed with the rare disease community, which includes increasing awareness of rare diseases among healthcare professionals. With over 7,000 rare diseases, it is not possible for h...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWeeton BarracksMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to the new single living accommodation block at Weeton Barracks.
Answer: A new Single Living Accommodation project is underway at Weeton Barracks, where contractual costs are approximately £15 million. The project will provide a modern, sustainable building with 69 bed spaces. The building is due to be completed in December 20...
Answered 18 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan interest rates on the total repayment amount for graduates earning below the repayment threshold.
Answer: Student loans are subject to interest so that those who can afford to do so contribute to the full cost of their degree.Interest rates on student loans do not affect monthly repayments made by borrowers. Regulated repayments are linked to income not to in...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pre-examination checklists on the time taken to (a) examine and (b) adopt local plans.
Answer: The government is committed to achieving a more efficient and consistent local plan examination process. The pre-examination checklist was introduced this month to assist Local Planning Authorities in identifying and resolving potential problems with emer...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of eligible children receive the expanded 30 hour childcare offer in each region.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.Due to data/sample size limitations, the department does not hold data on the number of children eligible ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will take steps to provide (a) financial support and (b) incentives for (i) developers and (ii) households to install water-saving devices.
Answer: The Government works with Ofwat who offer financial environmental incentives for developers to meet certain water efficiency standards. On 23 September we launched a consultation to consider tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in the Building...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that NHS trusts move into financial surplus by 2030.
Answer: The National Health Service priorities and operational planning guidance 2025/26 made it clear that living within budget, reducing waste and increasing productivity is a priority. This year’s financial framework changes include making deficit support fund...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand the Further Faster 20 programme.
Answer: The Further Faster 20 (FF20) initiative was announced in September 2024, run by the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) team in NHS England to deploy expert advice to National Health Service trusts in areas with the highest levels of economic inactivity t...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofcom on (a) charges and (b) penalties for mobile users changing provider.
Answer: Government engages with Ofcom, the independent regulator for communication services, regularly on relevant consumer issues. Under Ofcom’s General Conditions, providers must not impose undue barriers to switching. Consumers can also switch mobile networks ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSleep Apnoea: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of continuous positive airway pressure machines for NHS patients diagnosed with sleep apnoea.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made by the Department.The provision of treatments for sleep apnoea is a commissioning matter and these decisions are the responsibility of integrated care boards, taking into account the needs of their local populations an...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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