Andrew Snowden MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Nurseries: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new or expanded school-based nurseries are being delivered in Fylde constituency as part of the Government’s childcare programme.
Answer: Backed by £400 million capital investment, the school-based nursery programme will deliver tens of thousands of new places by expanding early education and childcare places where it is most needed. This will help more families access funded childcare and ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 1,400 new free breakfast clubs opening from September 2026 are located in schools in Fylde constituency.
Answer: Following the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026, all schools with primary-age pupils will be required to offer a free breakfast club. New groups of schools will be onboarded in stages throughout 2027/28 to ensure we can continue to ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding will be provided to schools in Fylde constituency to meet the cost of the expansion of free school meals.
Answer: The government has set aside over £1 billion across the Spending Review period to meet the additional meal costs associated with extending free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit. Funding for individual schools will depe...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: FyldeDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Fylde constituency are expected to become newly eligible for free school meals as a result of the expansion to households receiving Universal Credit.
Answer: From the start of the 2026/27 academic year, all children in households receiving Universal Credit attending state-funded schools in England are eligible for free school meals. We anticipate that over half a million additional pupils nationally will becom...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, What estimate he has made of the average time taken between an application to enforce a Child Arrangements Order being issued and the court determining the application.
Answer: The Government does not hold data on the average time taken between an application to enforce a Child Arrangement Order being issued and the court determining the application. This is because applications for enforcement cannot currently be linked directl...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are available in cases in which a Child Arrangements Order is not being complied with by one of the parties to the order.
Answer: Where there are concerns that a child arrangements order is not being complied with, parties may seek to resolve the issue by reaching agreement themselves, where it is safe and appropriate to do so. They may also use mediation or another form of alternat...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFood and Drinks: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased access to CPTPP markets on UK food and drink exports.
Answer: CPTPP membership gives UK food and drink exporters access to a trading bloc with a combined GDP of around £13 trillion. Over 99% of UK exports to CPTPP members will be eligible for tariff-free trade. For example, the UK dairy sector will benefit from lowe...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the annual increase in UK GDP attributable to full UK access to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (
Answer: The Department’s 2023 impact assessment estimated that the UK's accession to CPTPP could increase UK gross domestic product (GDP) by £2.0 billion each year in the long run, compared with projected GDP in 2040 without the agreement, in 2021 prices.The asse...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LancashireMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contractual safeguards are in place against cost overruns and delays in the construction of the new prison in Lancashire.
Answer: The contracts for the construction of all new prisons in the New Prisons Programme use the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract Option A, which is a priced contract with an activity schedule. This provides a high degree of cost certainty, with the c...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LancashireMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the expected date on which the first prisoners will be accommodated at the new 1,700-place prison in Lancashire.
Answer: The new prison next to the existing HMP Garth in Lancashire is due to receive its first prisoners by December 2031. This date is based on the programmes current assessment and remains subject to change.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison places he expects to create by converting (a) offices, (b) laundry rooms, (c) storage areas and (d) other existing prison spaces into cells.
Answer: We have committed to delivering further additional prison places through converting existing prison spaces into operational cells and have bought forward £110 million of funding to deliver these. The locations at which additional places will be delivered,...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 14,000 additional prison places the Government plans to deliver by 2031 have (a) been completed, (b) are under construction, (c) received planning permission and (d) yet to enter the planning proc
Answer: We are committed to delivering 14,000 additional prison places and aim to do so by 2031. Of these, around 3,300 places have been delivered since July 2024, and around a further 5,700 are under construction. The remaining places required to meet the commit...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 26212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her letter to the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission, dated 29 August 2026, what the evidential basis is of the position that spending limits for polit
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to address the staffing breaches identified by the Care Quality Commission.
Answer: Following an inspection of urgent and emergency services at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in November 2025, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) shared its findings with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The trust knows where improvements must...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: FyldeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many railway stations in Fylde constituency are within scope of the new default yes planning policy.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Infrastructure LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many additional Social Rent homes she expects to secure through Section 106 agreements over the lifetime of the programme.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: FyldeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many additional council homes she expects councils to build during this Parliament as a result of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme; and how many of those will be in
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the funding for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme will be allocated between (a) social rent, (b) affordable rent, (c) shared ownership and (d) other forms of housing.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with her French counterpart to tackle encampments of people whose intention is to cross the channel to gain access to the UK illegally.
Answer: The Home Secretary works closely with the French Minister of the Interior to tackle illegal migration and the organised criminal gangs that facilitate it. The three-year funding deal, signed by the Home Secretary and her French counterpart in April, is pr...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 24-week target on the number of successful asylum appeals.
Answer: The 24-week timeframe provisions are designed to speed up appeals from non-detained foreign national offenders and those in asylum support accommodation, if it is reasonably practicable to do so. These provisions, however, are not designed or intended to ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Official PublicationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department consulted (a) asylum seekers, (b) refugee organisations, (c) local authorities, (d) police forces and (e) organisations representing women and victims of domestic and sexual abu
Answer: The products were developed through an evidence-informed process involving behavioural expertise, stakeholder engagement and lived experience input from asylum seekers. These resources were produced to ensure there was clear and consistent information ava...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Official PublicationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the publication entitled Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers, in reducing offending and improving under
Answer: We expect everyone who comes to the UK to abide by our laws. If they do not, they will face consequences, including the refusal of their asylum claim and removal from the UK. These resources were produced for asylum seekers so there can be no possible mis...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordYouth GuaranteeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 24-year-olds are eligible for the Jobs Guarantee in each rollout area.
Answer: The Jobs Guarantee scheme will begin national rollout from November and will be available to all eligible 18–24-year-olds who have been on Universal Credit and looking for work for 18 months. National rollout of the scheme will be delivered in 25 areas ac...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Mobile PhonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues on whether mobile phone alerts should be targeted at areas subject to the highest level of heat-health risk, rather than issued nationally.
Answer: The alert to which the Hon Member refers related specifically to the risk of wildfires and did not provide general health advice.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Mobile PhonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's use of mobile phone alerts to communicate health advice to the public during periods of extreme heat in 2026.
Answer: The alert to which the Hon Member refers related specifically to the risk of wildfires and did not provide general health advice.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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