Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
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Livestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 60563 on Livestock: Death, what resources his Department has made available to the Animal and Plant Health Agency to monitor compliance
Answer: APHA does not receive additional resources to monitor compliance with animal welfare legal requirements during periods of extreme heat. However, the Agency has provided guidance on how to care for animals on farm and in transport in case of extreme weathe...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 60563 on Livestock: Death, how many breaches of animal welfare regulations during periods of extreme weather have been recorded by the
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was made aware that the meat chicken sector experienced high mortality during the heat spell in July 2022. when an estimate of four million meat chickens died of heat stroke during two days of extreme heat. APHA i...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: TransportDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 60563 on Livestock: Death, whether his Department plans to review the temperature threshold for transporting farm animals in the contex
Answer: It is the responsibility of authorised transporters to ensure that any compromise to animal welfare is minimised during transport and that unnecessary suffering does not occur. Defra has published research detailing adaptations which farms could implement...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Manufacturing IndustriesHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing Lancashire Police an uplift in support to increase capability of defending civilian defence manufacturers.
Answer: Defence Industry sites are protected under the National Security Act 2023 which provides police additional powers in responding to incidents at these sites.We also maintain proactive communications with our Defence industry partners, ensuring that they ar...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Manufacturing IndustriesHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the restriction on people linked with (a) Palestine Action and (b) similar groups from going near civilian defence manufacturing si
Answer: The Government fully supports the police to use all the powers available to them to prevent crimes occurring as a result of unlawful direct-action tactics, and to ensure those who do commit them face the full force of the law.It is important to note that ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: FyldeMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60122 on Armed Forces: Buildings, if he will list the locations of his Department's seven sites in Fylde constituency.
Answer: The location of the seven sites in Fylde constituency, managed by the Ministry of Defence, can be found below: Blackpool Airport Air Traffic Control (ATC):Poulton le Fylde ATC:A building at Warton Aerodrome.Warton Service Family Accommodation (SFA)Warton ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: StormsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made funding available for the repair of public amenities damaged during Storm Arwen.
Answer: We have not made specific funding available for public amenities damaged during Storm Arwen, but responsibilities for public amenities fall to many departments, each of which has different arrangements for repairs. DCMS, for instance, funds Arts Council E...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage and Leisure: BuildingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available for (a) local authorities and (b) other organisations to (i) maintain and (ii) develop (A) heritage and (B) leisure buildings.
Answer: Organisations are able to apply for funding to maintain and develop heritage buildings through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Arms-Length Bodies.The National Lottery Heritage Fund awards grants ranging from £3,000 to over £5 million for pro...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is providing additional funding for local authorities to help (a) maintain and (b) develop leisure facilities.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities.The ongoing responsibility of providing acc...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: SurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor the (a) physical and (b) mental health outcomes of women who act as surrogates.
Answer: Ensuring that women are healthy during their pregnancy is important for ensuring good outcomes for women and babies. This includes surrogates, also known as gestational carriers. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s Scientific and Clinical A...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSurrogacy: Mental HealthMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Law Commission report entitled Building families through surrogacy: a new law, published on 28 March 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing the recommen
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has not carried out an assessment of the potential impact of implementing this recommendation. The Government will publish a response in due course. Any consideration of this specific recommendation and its implications would form ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Parents and SurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS trusts provide consistent (a) care and (b) guidance to intended (i) parents and (ii) surrogates.
Answer: The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family. To support intended parents and surrogates, the Department has published the guidance Care in surrogacy: guidance for...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to local authorities to meet demand for SEND provision.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The department provides local authorities with capital funding to support th...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for SEND provision in mainstream schools.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The department provides local authorities with capital funding to support th...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of places at schools equipped to accommodate special educational needs.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The department provides local authorities with capital funding to support th...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FyldeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce wait times for orthodontic appointments for Fylde residents.
Answer: Integrated care board (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry and orthodontic services, to meet the needs of the local population. For Fylde residents, this is the NHS Lancashire and Sout...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: LancashireDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of available bus routes for residents accessing hospital appointments in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of accessible, frequent and affordable bus services in keeping communities connected and ensuring access to vital services, including hospital appointments. Buses in England outside London were deregulated by the T...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of current funding arrangements for people whose homes require adaptations for health reasons.
Answer: In England, we continue to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes. We have provided an additional £172 million across this and the last financial yea...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Alterations and Disability Aids: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to work with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to improve access to funding for people whose homes require adaptations for health reasons.
Answer: In England, we continue to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes. We have provided an additional £172 million across this and the last financial yea...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly TippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing booking systems at Household Waste Recovery Centres on fly tipping.
Answer: This Government has no plans to undertake an assessment of the impact of introducing booking systems at Household Waste Recovery Centres (HWRCs) on fly-tipping.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military support his Department provides to protect (a) buildings owned by and (b) personnel working for civilian defence contractors.
Answer: Contractor buildings and personnel located within the Defence Estate are covered by the security arrangements of the site at which they are situated. Depending on the outputs of the site this may include the use of military support to provide the security...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to residents of Fylde constituency who are attempting to evacuate from Israel.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary announced in the House of Commons our first flight departed Tel Aviv on 23 June. Further flights departed on 24 June, 25 June, 26 June, and 29 June.The situation in the Middle East remains very grave and volatile. Foreign, Commonw...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: BuildingsMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 60125 on Armed Forces: Buildings, how many of those properties are in Fylde.
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested and could only be provided by retrieving and interrogating large amounts of data which could only be completed at disproportionate cost.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: LancashireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the number of households that will become eligible for the Warm Home Discount following her Department's planned changes to the eligibility criteria in (a) Fyl
Answer: The Warm Home Discount statistics for 2024-25 were published on 26th June 2025. These statistics cover receipt of the WHD for winter 2024/25. Estimates of future eligibility are not available at county or constituency level. Across Great Britain, we will ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: BuildingsMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June to Question 60125 on Armed Forces: Buildings, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing formal (a) criteria and (b) guidelines for leas
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has formal criteria and guidelines for the leasing of properties to third parties. Criteria and guidelines for Service Family Accommodation (SFA) leased to non-military personnel is set out in the MOD’s contract with Pinnacle...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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