Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
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ReservoirsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total reservoir storage capacity in England (a) is in 2025 and (b) was in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2015.
Answer: The total capacity of reservoirs for all purposes in England, as per the public register of large raised reservoirs of over 25,000m3, which is managed by the Environment Agency.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolygamy: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98229More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has issued any recent guidance on the prosecution of offences related to illegal polygamous marriages conducted within the UK.
Answer: Bigamy is an offence contrary to section.57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and is prosecuted as such. The CPS has not issued and has no plans to issue specific guidance.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: PolygamyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claims in the last five years have involved individuals presenting as part of a polygamous household; and what the outcomes of those claims were.
Answer: Polygamous households are not recognised in Universal Credit. In claims where the claimant identifies as polygamous, the first spousal couple (the two partners who have been married longest) in the relationship could form a claim as a couple. However, all...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolygamyHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the number of polygamous marriages recognised for limited purposes under UK immigration or family law in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: All marriages conducted within the UK must be monogamous under the Marriage Act 1949 and related legislation.In some countries, polygamous or polyandrous marriages are permitted under the law of the country in which the marriage took place. Under the UK’s...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Royal ChartersDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2025 to question 90762 on BBC: Royal Charters, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of perceived bias in the programme Question Time on the p
Answer: The BBC is editorially and operationally independent from the Government and this is a crucial component of why people trust it. Under its Royal Charter, the BBC has a duty to deliver impartial and accurate news coverage and content, and the Government ex...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHolocaust: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools educate pupils about the Holocaust in a way that counters misinformation and denial; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of curriculum gui
Answer: The Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the current national curriculum for history at key stage 3. The government has made a commitment that the Holocaust will remain a compulsory topic in the reformed national curriculum, whi...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisemitismHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of legislation in tackling expressions of Holocaust denial that constitute threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour under the Public Order
Answer: Antisemitism has absolutely no place in our society, and the Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms.The Home Secretary launched an independent review of public order and hate crime legislation on 5 October. This review will assess whether...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCharities and Voluntary Organisations: GenderWomen and EqualitiesTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98013More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support her Department will provide to smaller charities and volunteer-led organisations to help them comply with the Equality Act 2010 when applying single-sex provisions.
Answer: The EHRC has revised its Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations following the consultation and submitted it to the Minister for Women and Equalities. The Code will provide guidance to duty bearers, including single-sex service pr...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the digital social care record system is designed and maintained to national security standards.
Answer: The Department has not designed a single digital social care record (DSCR) system. Rather, through the Digitising Social Care (DiSC) programme which ended in April 2025, the Government set standards for DSCRs and created a list of solutions that have been...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish yearly progress reports on the implementation of the Single Patient Record.
Answer: The Department and NHS England will be monitoring the implementation of the single patient record and will provide regular updates on progress.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: PricesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of issuing guidance to retailers on reducing the cost of infant formula for low-income families on that cost.
Answer: The Government, working with the devolved administrations of Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, has set out a strong package of measures on 3 December 2025 in the four-nations’ Government response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s market stud...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking with the NHS to end the practice of discharging mothers with newborn babies into B&Bs or other unsuitable accommodation.
Answer: The Government is working closely with the National Health Service to end the practice of mothers with newborns being discharged to bed and breakfasts or other forms of unsuitable shared housing.Our new Child Poverty Strategy was published 5 December 2025...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBed and Breakfast Accommodation: FamiliesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the end of unlawful placements of families in Bed and Breakfast accommodation beyond six weeks.
Answer: Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets out how the Government will end the use of B&B accommodation for families except in emergencies by the end of this parliament. Our Plan sets out that every council will now be required to publish by Autumn ne...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Child Poverty Strategy, published on 5 December 2025, what interim milestones will be used to track progress toward lifting 550,000 children out of poverty by the end of the Parlia
Answer: The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, published alongside the Strategy, sets out how we will track progress and evaluate success as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability and continued learning.We will use two complementary head...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Better buses, more services: £3 billion boost for millions of passengers, published on 5 December 2025, what guidance is being issued to councils on bal
Answer: On 5 December, the Government confirmed investment of over £3 billion for the rest of the spending review period to support local leaders and bus operators across the country to improve bus services for millions of passengers. This includes multi-year all...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Better buses, more services: £3 billion boost for millions of passengers, published on 5 December 2025, what criteria were used to determine the Local A
Answer: On 5 December, the Government confirmed investment of over £3 billion for the rest of the spending review period to support local leaders and bus operators across the country to improve bus services for millions of passengers. This includes multi-year all...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Small BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of Small Business Saturday on high streets and local economies.
Answer: The Department has not done, and does not plan to do an assessment of the economic impact of Small Business Saturday on high streets and local economies.The Small Business Saturday campaign has done its own analysis; they suggest that Small Business Satur...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government support schemes on small business participation in Small Business Saturday.
Answer: I congratulate Small Business Britain on another excellent Small Business Saturday, during which the Government launched the new ‘Backing your Business’ campaign to drive uptake of the Business Growth Service and boost awareness of the Small Business Plan...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been deported under the Dublin Convention.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of individuals transferred out of the UK under the Dublin regulation is published in the Dublin regulation detailed dataset (Dub_D01). In...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the consistency of pupil experience between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2; and what steps she is taking to address declines in pupil motivation or engagement during the transition
Answer: The department recognises that moving between key stages can be challenging for some children, including the transition from key stage 1 to key stage 2.One of the ways the department is looking to understand the experiences of children is through our Educ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Governing BodiesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with school governing bodies on improving transparency for parents.
Answer: The department’s governance guidance for schools and trusts makes clear that as publicly funded organisations, schools and trusts should foster a culture of transparency and welcome public scrutiny.When shaping the school or trust’s vision, the governing ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDNACPR Decisions: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints his Department has received in each of the last five years regarding DNR notices being applied without consent.
Answer: The Department remains clear that it is unacceptable for Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions to be applied in a blanket fashion to any group of people and should be fully discussed with the individual and their family where pos...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDNACPR Decisions: Vulnerable AdultsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) families and (b) attorneys holding Power of Attorney are notified immediately when a DNR notice is added to a vulnerable adult’s medical record.
Answer: The Department remains clear that it is unacceptable for Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions to be applied in a blanket fashion to any group of people and should be fully discussed with the individual and their family where pos...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDNACPR DecisionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether guidance has been issued to NHS Trusts to ensure that DNR decisions are never made solely on the basis of disability, learning disability and special needs.
Answer: The Department remains clear that it is unacceptable for Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions to be applied in a blanket fashion to any group of people and should be fully discussed with the individual and their family where pos...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDNACPR Decisions: Vulnerable AdultsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England audits the use of DNR notices in cases involving vulnerable adults.
Answer: NHS England does not audit the use of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions in cases involving vulnerable adults. However, the Learning from Lives and Deaths Review (LeDeR) includes questions on the quality and content of DNACPR ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
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