Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
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Council Housing: MouldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve accountability for councils not resolving mould and damp complaints from tenants.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 113896 on 2 March 2026.
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: MouldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of mould and damp in council-owned housing in England.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 37561 on 19 March 2025.
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInjunctions: Young OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has considered establishing periodic review procedures for High Court injunctions granting lifelong anonymity to offenders convicted of serious crimes committed as juveniles.
Answer: The High Court has been clear that the making of an injunction to grant lifelong anonymity to protect the identity of a now adult person convicted of a serious offence as a child, should be exceptional. In practice, such injunctions are made very rarely.T...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCrowdfunding: EquityTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118303More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding the regulation of equity crowdfunding schemes such as the Equity for Punks programme operated by BrewDog.
Answer: The Government has regular conversations with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on a range of topics, including the regulation of equity crowdfunding.In 2024, the government delivered the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations which enabl...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce additional statutory duties or guidance for local authorities to track and support children missing education.
Answer: Children Missing Education data was first collected on a voluntary basis in Autumn 2022. Lancashire reported 4,690 Children Missing Education at any point in the 2024/25 academic year. This is a decrease from 4,820 in 2023/24, and an increase from 2,280 w...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities experiencing increases in children missing education, including Lancashire County Council.
Answer: Children Missing Education data was first collected on a voluntary basis in Autumn 2022. Lancashire reported 4,690 Children Missing Education at any point in the 2024/25 academic year. This is a decrease from 4,820 in 2023/24, and an increase from 2,280 w...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in the number of children classified as children missing education (CME) in Lancashire over the last decade; and what assessment she has made of the potenti
Answer: Children Missing Education data was first collected on a voluntary basis in Autumn 2022. Lancashire reported 4,690 Children Missing Education at any point in the 2024/25 academic year. This is a decrease from 4,820 in 2023/24, and an increase from 2,280 w...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Government: PersonationCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118299More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what coordination exists between departments including the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs in investigating suspected identity theft involving government digital services.
Answer: This government takes identity theft, and the harm it can cause victims, seriously. It is the responsibility of individual departments as to how they coordinate their policy and operational approaches in relation to identity theft involving government dig...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Government: SecurityTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118298More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has conducted a recent assessment of vulnerabilities in the Government Gateway system relating to unauthorised changes to personal account details.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs keeps the security of the Government Gateway under continual review. As part of its standard cyber security and risk management processes, HMRC regularly undertakes security risk assessments, vulnerability management activity and te...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Government: SecurityTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118297More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security checks are undertaken before an address change is accepted on a taxpayer’s Government Gateway account.
Answer: When a taxpayer requests an address change on their Government Gateway account, a range of security checks are applied to help protect the account and prevent unauthorised access.These checks include confirming the user’s identity through their Government...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Debt CollectionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department cross-checks identity information with (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) other government databases before initiating debt recovery action relating to Universal Credit.
Answer: This department is committed to fairness in debt recovery and will always work with people to ensure that any recovery activity does not cause hardship or is unfairly detrimental. Identity checks are undertaken by DWP at the point a customer makes a benef...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: Community RelationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure licences granted for Houses of Multiple Occupancy do not adversely impact community cohesion.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 110684 on 11 February 2026.
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: SalesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies on vaping regulation of vaping devices marketed as delivering tends of thousands of puffs.
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will stop vapes and nicotine products from being deliberately branded, promoted, and advertised to children and will provide the Government with new powers to restrict the packaging, device appearance, and display of vapes and o...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: SalesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to use powers in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to prohibit the sale of vaping devices designed to operate with refill containers that, when attached, resulting in a total liquid cap
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will stop vapes and nicotine products from being deliberately branded, promoted, and advertised to children and will provide the Government with new powers to restrict the packaging, device appearance, and display of vapes and o...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: MarketingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of location restrictions for high fat, sugar and salt products on fruit and nut (a) bars and (b) bags; and what steps he is taking to
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will take decisive action on the obesity crisis to ease the strain on our National Health Service and create the healthiest generation of children ever.Restrictions on the promotion by location of ‘less healthy’ f...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStoma AppliancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure that patients with a stoma are (a) offered a choice of dispensing provider and (b) actively involved in decisions relating to appliance selection; and how is
Answer: There are a range of legislative and operational safeguards in place to support patient choice and facilitate co-decision between clinicians and patients regarding stoma appliances. In terms of legislation, the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStoma AppliancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on variation between Integrated Care Systems in access to specialist stoma review and structured follow-up.
Answer: The Department has not specifically attempted to estimate the full costs to the National Health Service of preventable stoma management or the merits of introducing a nationally mandated annual specialist stoma review requirement within the NHS Standard C...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStoma AppliancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a nationally mandated annual specialist stoma review requirement within the NHS Standard Contract.
Answer: The Department has not specifically attempted to estimate the full costs to the National Health Service of preventable stoma management or the merits of introducing a nationally mandated annual specialist stoma review requirement within the NHS Standard C...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStoma AppliancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the full cost to the NHS of preventable stoma management complications; and whether he will consider commissioning a national economic impact assessment of
Answer: The Department has not specifically attempted to estimate the full costs to the National Health Service of preventable stoma management or the merits of introducing a nationally mandated annual specialist stoma review requirement within the NHS Standard C...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is able to provide the conveyancing sector to digitise the property transaction process.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103007 on 13 January 2026.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking any steps to assist the digitisation of the conveyancing process.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103007 on 13 January 2026.
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the effect of calculating Child Maintenance Service payments on gross income on the financial wellbeing of paying parents in the last five y
Answer: The child maintenance liability is usually calculated as a percentage of a Paying Parent’s gross weekly income, unless they are on low income or benefits where they pay a flat rate of £7. Income information is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs fo...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the need for patients to contact GP practices at 8am in order to secure a same-day appointment.
Answer: We have pledged to end the 8:00am scramble by introducing a modern booking system. As part of this, we have introduced a new requirement for general practices to make online appointment requests available throughout the duration of core opening hours, whi...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPassports: Dual NationalityHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of dual British citizens who hold an expired UK passport.
Answer: The information requested is not held. There is no obligation to declare dual nationality when applying for a British passport.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Dual NationalityHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation requirement from 25 February 2026 on dual British nationals travelling to the UK.
Answer: We have been clear on the requirement for dual British citizens to travel with a valid British passport or Certificate of Entitlement. This requirement applies equally to all British citizens, whether or not they hold another nationality. We recognise the...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
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