Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
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Teachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new teachers due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for schools in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: The increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) costs was taken into account when calculating the additional funding the department is providing to support schools with the 2025 pay awards in the financial year 2025/26. Schools in Lancashire will ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new staff due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for GP practices in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the 2024 Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FyldeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of wastewater capacity in Fylde constituency for planned housing developments.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 57582 on 26 June 2025.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63147More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service uses information about recorded non-crime hate incidents in deciding whether to (a) bring charges and (b) recommend bail conditions.
Answer: All factual matters material to a criminal sentence must be admitted by the offender or proven in a court to the criminal standard using admissible evidence. By definition, the recording of a previous incident as “non-crime” is unlikely to meet that stand...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63146More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recording of non-crime hate incidents on the sentencing of individuals in future criminal proceedings.
Answer: All factual matters material to a criminal sentence must be admitted by the offender or proven in a court to the criminal standard using admissible evidence. By definition, the recording of a previous incident as “non-crime” is unlikely to meet that stand...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63145More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for hate crimes have the CPS commenced in each of the last 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these prosecutions resulted in conviction.
Answer: In the year to December 2024 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised the charging of a total of 11,777 suspects in hate crime flagged cases with 87.4% of legal decisions resulting in a suspect being charged.The below table provides a breakdown of t...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Expression: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63144More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the guidance issued to the Crown Prosecution Service on the application of the public interest test in cases involving freedom of expression.
Answer: All guidance issued to Crown Prosecutors to assist their decision making is available here: Prosecution guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service. The overarching Code for Crown Prosecutors issued by the Director for Public Prosecutions provides guidance o...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on maintaining the defibrillator network.
Answer: The Department does not maintain the automated external defibrillator (AED) network.The Circuit is the independently operated national AED database, developed by a partnership of the British Heart Foundation, the National Health Service, the Resuscitation...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: Public BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63136More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure defibrillators in public buildings are properly serviced.
Answer: The Government Property Agency maintains defibrillators across its estate inline with best practice (annual servicing) and is aligned to manufacturer’s guidelines. Defibrillators are also regularly visually inspected.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst Aid: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the teaching of CPR in schools.
Answer: All state-funded schools in England are required to teach first aid as part of statutory health education, which is taught as part of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). It includes basic first aid and dealing with common injuries, such as hea...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: LancashireTreasuryTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63095More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Spring Statement of 26 March 2025 on levels of business confidence in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: HMT monitors several business confidence and activity measures, none of which are available at the constituency level. According to the Lloyds Business Barometer, in June UK business confidence rose to its highest level since November 2015. HMT does not p...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2024 to Question 12182 on Schools: Fylde, what recent estimate she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees on the number of ch
Answer: His Majesty’s Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note on applying VAT to independent school fees, which includes the government’s estimations of the number of pupils expected to enter the state sector as a result of this policy. This is avail...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 3,000 (a) new and (b) expanded school-based nurseries will be in Fylde.
Answer: At the Spending Review, the department announced almost £370 million of further funding to create tens of thousands of places in new and expanded school-based nurseries to ensure more children can access the high-quality early education they deserve and g...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans Support Centres: LancashireMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding Lancashire to the pilot of the VALOUR veteran support centres.
Answer: On 26 June 2025 I launched the VALOUR pilot in partnership with Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire. There are a number of excellent support services available for veterans across this region, and across the UK. ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes are in place to ensure that veterans self-identifying in NHS primary care settings are effectively referred to VALOUR centres.
Answer: In May 2025, the Government announced VALOUR, a new programme which will establish VALOUR support centres and improve the coordination of services at a national, regional, and local level, making it easier for veterans to access the care and support avail...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans Support Centres: LancashireMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many VALOUR support centres for veterans he plans to locate in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: The detailed structures and processes that will underpin VALOUR are in development and further announcements, including on development funding, will be announced in due course. The first VALOUR pilot was launched on 26 June 2025, in partnership with Great...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Workers: Gig EconomyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations governing online platforms used by the gig economy..
Answer: Businesses operating in the UK, including online platforms in the gig economy, must comply with UK laws and regulations on employment, data protection, taxation, business regulation and right to work. Responsibility for overseeing these regulations spans ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAlzheimer's Disease: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June to Question 61301 on Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs, if he will publish a (a) summary and (b) redacted version of the economic models used in the NICE appraisals of (i
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) single technology appraisal process relies on information provided by companies to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new treatments. Some of this information, including the econo...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAlzheimer's Disease: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June to Question 61301 on Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs, whether NICE has made an assessment of the potential impact of not publishing the economic models for (a) lecanema
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) single technology appraisal process relies on information provided by companies to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new treatments. Some of this information, including the econo...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: LancashireHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June to Question 61581 on Undocumented Migrants: Lancashire, which stakeholders in Lancashire have been consulted in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.
Answer: Our engagement is undertaken through a number of regular local and regional forums that local authority partners, including officials within Lancashire, are invited to attend.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Written QuestionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60629 on Undocumented Migrants: Lancashire, if she will make an estimate of the cost of answering that Question.
Answer: The Guide to Parliamentary Work, which is published online and available here, sets out that there is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850; the limit does not apply to ora...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) retail staff and (b) police officers are aware of the new offence of assaulting a retail worker.
Answer: Through our Safer Streets Mission and wider reforms, we are determined to tackle crime and restore public confidence in policing. The Home Office has published a performance framework to monitor delivery of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, including ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Business Crime Centre: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60645 on Shoplifting: Lancashire, whether the £2 million funding for the National Business Crime Centre will support the development of new training
Answer: Through our Safer Streets Mission and wider reforms, we are determined to tackle crime and restore public confidence in policing. The Home Office has published a performance framework to monitor delivery of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, including ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Business Crime CentreHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60645 on Shoplifting: Lancashire, what role the National Business Crime Centre will play in the implementation of the Safer Streets Mission.
Answer: Through our Safer Streets Mission and wider reforms, we are determined to tackle crime and restore public confidence in policing. The Home Office has published a performance framework to monitor delivery of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, including ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOpalHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60645 on Shoplifting: Lancashire, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of Opal in tackling serious organised ac
Answer: Through our Safer Streets Mission and wider reforms, we are determined to tackle crime and restore public confidence in policing. The Home Office has published a performance framework to monitor delivery of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, including ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
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