Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Lancashire County CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the UK Shared Prosperity Funding allocation will be for Lancashire County Council for the 2024/25 tax year.
Answer: The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is allocated to lead local authorities (LLAs). Details of full funding allocations for LLAs for 2022-25, including allocations for Fylde Borough Council and Wyre Borough Council, can be found here.Lancashire County Co...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wyre CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the UK Shared Prosperity Funding allocation will be for Wyre Borough Council for the 2024/25 tax year.
Answer: The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is allocated to lead local authorities (LLAs). Details of full funding allocations for LLAs for 2022-25, including allocations for Fylde Borough Council and Wyre Borough Council, can be found here.Lancashire County Co...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Fylde CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the UK Shared Prosperity Funding allocation will be for Fylde Borough Council for the 2024/25 tax year.
Answer: The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is allocated to lead local authorities (LLAs). Details of full funding allocations for LLAs for 2022-25, including allocations for Fylde Borough Council and Wyre Borough Council, can be found here.Lancashire County Co...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16313 on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, what support is available to borough councils to meet their obligation to provide food w
Answer: In February of this year, we provided £258m of capital funding to waste collection authorities to help with the purchasing of bins and vehicles. It is our intention to provide transitional resource funding for the 2024/25 early in the new year and funding...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16313 on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of the role of householders in forthcom
Answer: It is our intention to provide transitional resource funding for the 2024/25 financial year as soon as possible. Subject to agreement, Defra plans to fund communications to support participation by householders in new food waste collections.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16313 on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, what his planned timetable is for Government to issue payments to local councils to procu
Answer: Waste collection authorities received their capital new burdens funding allocations for providing household food waste collections in February this year and will receive transitional resource allocations for the 24/25 financial year in early 2025. We aim ...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will require councils to collect household and food waste separately by March 2026.
Answer: Under Simpler Recycling, by 31 March 2026 local authorities in England will be required to provide weekly food waste collections to all households.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRescue Services: National Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15909More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting (a) the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and (b) other voluntary lifesaving services from the changes made to employers' National Insurance cont
Answer: The Government recognises the important role charities play in our society and has made it a priority to reset the relationship with civil society by developing a Civil Society Covenant. To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's net zero policies on food supply from British producers.
Answer: This Government is committed to delivering net zero by 2050, while ensuring that the transition to more climate friendly practices goes hand in hand with food security and farm productivity from British producers. We will work with farmers to support econ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to take steps to help firms secure orders of Eurofighter Typhoon jets from international partners.
Answer: Exports of the Eurofighter Typhoon jets are led by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). My Department does however support MOD-led export campaigns through our network of staff in the UK and overseas. We also work closely with the Typhoon partner governments of...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBenjamin Netanyahu: Arrest WarrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the International Criminal Court condemning their decision to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.
Answer: In line with this Government's stated commitment to the rule of law, we respect the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving under Influence: DrugsAttorney GeneralTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15346More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of prosecutions for people found to be driving under the influence of drugs.
Answer: Enforcement of drug driving legislation and how available resources are deployed is an operational matter for individual Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to determine in conjunction with local crime and policing plans, taking into accou...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: LancashireDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increased bus fare cap on public transport use in Lancashire.
Answer: In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisitBritain: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the funding her Department provides Visit Britain.
Answer: Funding allocations for VisitBritain are reviewed as part of the comprehensive spending review process, which in turn depends on the recent Budget. I note the Honorable Member’s bid for additional funding - and his opposition to the Budget. It is difficul...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence: Skilled WorkersMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2024 to Question 12181 on Typhoon Aircraft: Procurement, what steps he is taking to ensure that skilled workers in the defence sector are retained.
Answer: This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy which ensures the imperatives of national security and a high-growth economy are aligned. The defence sector, including the combat air sector, provides highly skilled jobs acro...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll out further Clinical Diagnostic Centres.
Answer: Approximately £1.5 billion of additional capital funding has been allocated in the budget for 2025/26, to support National Health Service performance across secondary and emergency care, and to begin to deliver against the Government's three strategic shi...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFilm: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13834More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will issue guidance on whether film and television productions that use generative artificial intelligence qualify for (a) the Independent Film Tax Credit and (b) rate relief for VFX spend.
Answer: From 1 April 2025, films with a UK lead writer or director and budgets of under £15 million will be able to claim an enhanced 53% rate of Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC), known as the Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC). Generative artificial intell...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Government DepartmentsTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13796More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed increases in employer's national insurance contributions on future trends in the cost to the public purse of Government contracts with private secto
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor announced that the rate of Employer National Insurance contributions will increase from 13.8% to 15% from 6 April 2025. In order to raise the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability, dif...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Armed ConflictMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, following the Chancellor's commitment of £3 billion a year for the Ukraine war effort, what similar commitment does this budget make for our continued support of Israel's war effort.
Answer: A resolution to this conflict has been a priority since day one of this Government. An immediate ceasefire is just the first step towards a lasting solution to the crisis. The UK continues to fund our operational presence in Middle East to support regiona...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSouth Fylde Line: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include the South Fylde Passing Loop Project in new rail infrastructure spending.
Answer: Following the closure of the Restoring Your Railway (RYR) programme, the Department is now reviewing its portfolio, including proposals for the South Fylde line. There is currently no DfT funding allocated to develop this project any further, but we encou...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12185More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, what guidance her Department issues to small business farmers who wish to keep an inherited family farm.
Answer: The Government has published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/what-are-the-changes-to-agricultural-property-relief#:~:text=From%206%20April%202026%2C%20the,rather%20than%20the%20standard%2...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FyldeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide for flood defences in Fylde constituency in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Across England, we will invest £2.4 billion over the next two years to improve flood resilience, by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The list of projects to receive Government funding in 2025/26 will be consented over the coming months ...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to increase the number of school places in Fylde before January 2025, in the context of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.
Answer: The department has already set out funding allocations for all schools in the current year. The removal for the school fees exemption to VAT does not change those allocations.The government has also set out that it expects the number of additional pupils ...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's budget for 2025-26 includes 24 Typhoon jets.
Answer: Budget allocations for 2025-26 will be set in the usual way and informed by the findings of the Strategic Defence Review.
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: FyldeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for the redevelopment of town centres in Fylde constituency.
Answer: The Government will set out its long-term vision for local growth at the muti-year spending review in the Spring. This will end the approach of Local Authorities and MCAs bidding against each other for growth funds, targeting funding where it is needed mo...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
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