Andrew Snowden MP: written questions 2025
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Armed Forces CommissionerMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Armed Forces Commissioner is expected to be appointed; and when the Commissioner's office is expected to be fully operational.
Answer: We are in the process of recruiting an Armed Forces Commissioner . It is expected that a Commissioner will be appointed in early 2026, with plans for their office to be fully operational in April 2026. The role is subject to scrutiny in accordance with th...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice and Crime CommissionersHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on democratic accountability of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners.
Answer: The Government is committed to transferring police governance functions to mayors, or to Policing and Crime Boards consisting of locally elected leaders where it is not possible to do so by 2028.Moving police governance functions to locally elected leader...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential number of historical child sexual abuse cases likely to be brought following the removal of the limitation period for such claims.
Answer: Measuring the scale and nature of child sexual abuse is difficult because it is usually hidden from view. Victims often feel unable to report their experiences and adults are not always able to recognise that abuse is taking place. As a result, there is n...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBegging and VagrancyHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of organised begging networks operating in England.
Answer: The Government has introduced targeted measures in the Crime and Policing Bill to replace the powers in the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 to ensure police have the powers they need to keep communities safe, including a new criminal offence of facilitating be...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: AbuseHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of racially or religiously aggravated abuse of emergency workers within private dwellings.
Answer: Following the feedback we have received from police stakeholders, clauses 107 to 109 of the Crime and Policing Bill introduces two new offences aimed at protecting emergency workers with from abuse in a private welling. This will include racially or relig...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of coerced internal concealment receive appropriate support and safeguarding.
Answer: The Government is introducing a new criminal offence of coerced internal concealment in the Crime and Policing Bill, recognising the serious physical and psychological harm that this form of criminal exploitation can cause.The new offence will be accompan...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Crime Agency: DismissalHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers dismissed from the National Crime Agency have subsequently joined police forces in the UK since 2017.
Answer: Recruitment is managed locally by individual police forces, following national guidelines and the application, assessment, and selection framework set by the College of Policing.The police barred list came into force on 15 December 2017 and contains the d...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Centre of PolicingHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation has taken place with (a) Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) police staff associations on the establishment of the proposed National Centre of Policing.
Answer: The Home Office has been working with policing partners on police reform, including through the Joint Police Reform Team.This has included engagement with local police chiefs, police and crime commissioners and staff associations. We will publish the Whit...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedics: FootwearDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for orthopaedic footwear through NHS Surgical Appliances Departments.
Answer: No recent estimate of waiting times for orthopaedic footwear through National Health Service Surgical Appliances Departments has been made.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning the majority of health and care services, including ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that irregular migrants deported under the UK/France treaty entitled Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys, published on 5 August 2025, do not return to
Answer: The Department continues to work closely with French counterparts to ensure migrants returned under the UK-France agreement are clearly aware of the consequences of returning to the UK illegally – that they will be subject to removal once again - and to s...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) local authorities on coordinating social care for people with overlapping illnesses.
Answer: The Department is working with NHS England and the Local Government Association to co-develop a National Framework for Neighbourhood Health Plans. This framework will outline how the National Health Service, local authorities, and other partners should wo...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) management of patients with (i) overlapping and (ii) co-existing chronic illnesses.
Answer: We recognise the increasing prevalence of co-existing chronic illnesses and the importance of developing strategies to support people living with multiple co-morbidities. For that reason, we have appointed a dedicated National Specialty Advisor for Multi-...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Bases: SecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of GPS-enabled smart watches on the security of UK defence sites.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has strict rules governing where smart devices, including GPS-enabled smart watches, can and cannot be used. We do not comment on the detail of those measures.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FraudHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants were found to have provided a false age; and how many of those identified led to claims being rejected.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on initial decisions and outcomes on asylum claims, is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum claim and initial decisions detailed datasets’. The lat...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Experience: GraduatesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to offer work experience placements to recent university graduates.
Answer: The government encourages work experience through various initiatives spanning various departments. The Department for Business and Trade published the UK’s Industrial, Trade and Small Business Strategies, which were developed in partnership with business...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Work: Insurance and VettingDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of covering the cost of (a) insurance and (b) DBS checks for employers taking on volunteer workers.
Answer: Keeping children safe could not be more important to this government, and schools and colleges as employers, play a critical role in this. We support them to do this through our robust safeguarding framework, ‘Keeping children safe in education’, which ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Voluntary WorkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of covering the insurance costs of employers for volunteer workers in healthcare settings.
Answer: There are currently no plans to undertake an assessment regarding insurance arrangements for volunteer workers in healthcare settings.Whilst all regulated healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom are legally required to maintain appropriate clinical...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Work: InsuranceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of covering the insurance costs of employers taking on volunteer workers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on t
Answer: DWP recognises that there are many benefits to volunteering for individuals, including for those not in employment, education or training. These include gaining new skills, knowledge and experience, improving physical and mental wellbeing, growing confide...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the prevalence of corridor care in hospitals in Lancashire.
Answer: The Government is determined to get the National Health Service back on its feet, so patients can be treated with dignity. We are therefore doing everything we can as fast as we can to consign the delivery of care in temporary escalation spaces to the hi...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of animals bred for scientific research that (a) were killed and (b) died without being used in procedures in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office has previously published (2017) additional statistics covering the number of non-genetically altered animals that were bred for scientific procedures but were killed or died without being used in procedures; and the number of animals (gene...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: IsraelDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) UEFA and (b) FIFA on the participation of Israel in international football.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had such discussions with UEFA and FIFA. The government fully respects the independence and autonomy of sports organisations. Decisions on participation in international sports events are a matter for the relevant internatio...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlats: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays in building safety approvals on the (a) volume and (b) value of residential investment transaction
Answer: We recognise that delays to the assessment of applications have been unacceptable on the construction supply chain. This is why we announced reforms to the Building Safety Regulator on 30 June, including plans to establish the BSR as a separate body. The ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has provided to (a) developers and (b) investors on ensuring that applications to the Building Safety Regulator (i) provide the required detail and (
Answer: New guidance, developed with the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), supports industry to better understand all aspects of the new building control regime. A joint Building Safety Regulator (BSR)-CLC working group with Tier 1 developers is also address...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: FyldeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk to the health of birds from avian influenza (H5N1) in Fylde constituency.
Answer: The risk of HPAI H5 in wild birds in Great Britain has recently escalated from high to very high (event occurs almost certainly). The risk of poultry exposure to HPAI H5 in Great Britain is assessed as very high (event occurs almost certainly) where there...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDavid KoganCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89717More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish correspondence between the Prime Minister's Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the appointment of the Independent Football Regulator Chair.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Prime Minister’s letter to the Independent Adviser for Ministerial Standards, published on 12 November.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
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