Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating in-person appointments for personal independent payment assessments.
Answer: The Department is committed to assessing people as quickly as possible to ensure they receive the support they are entitled to in a timely manner.Where there is sufficient available evidence, assessments are done by paper-based review, without the need fo...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTrains: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the safety of train drivers in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: Ensuring the continued safety of train drivers across the national rail network remains a priority for my department. Train operators are subject to strict legal duties, which are enforced by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), to ensure that the train dr...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of mental health conditions among young people in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: The NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is responsible for commissioning services to meet the mental health needs of young people in Fylde and across Lancashire.Nationally, the Government is investing an extra £688 million this year to ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66331More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on employment levels in the hospitality sector in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs). The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including financial education in the curriculum for GCSE Maths.
Answer: Currently pupils receive financial education through both the mathematics and citizenship curricula, for example covering compound interest in mathematics GCSE.The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, chaired by Prof...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66329More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Heads of departments have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPeafowl: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the population of wild peacocks.
Answer: The Government does not hold data on the population of Indian peafowl (peacock) but is aware of recent data recorded by the British Trust for Ornithology that shows there were at least 9 confirmed breeding pairs in the UK in 2020, spread widely in Dorset,...
Answered 19 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how her Department monitors whether contributions from agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 are spent (a) within agreed timeframes and (b) on th
Answer: Supporting local planning authorities (LPAs) to attract, retain and develop skilled planners is crucial to ensuring they provide a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities and that new developments are well designed and facilitate local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require local planning authorities to publish (a) agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and (b) related compliance information in (i)
Answer: Supporting local planning authorities (LPAs) to attract, retain and develop skilled planners is crucial to ensuring they provide a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities and that new developments are well designed and facilitate local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local planning authorities have adequate resources to (a) negotiate, (b) monitor and (c) enforce agreements under section 106 o
Answer: Supporting local planning authorities (LPAs) to attract, retain and develop skilled planners is crucial to ensuring they provide a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities and that new developments are well designed and facilitate local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the value of financial contributions secured through agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in each of th
Answer: Local Planning Authorities are required to publish an annual Infrastructure Funding Statement detailing developer contributions received through section 106 planning obligations or the Community Infrastructure Levy.Infrastructure Funding Statements for Fy...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Career DevelopmentDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support teachers in Continuous Professional Development programmes in state schools.
Answer: High quality teaching is the most significant in-school determinant of pupil outcomes and is essential to reducing the attainment gap. The department supports new and experienced teachers with continuous professional development (CPD) to ensure teachers r...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: SalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided guidance to the police on the steps to take when the sale of single use vapes is reported to them.
Answer: The single-use vapes ban is enforced by Local Authority Trading Standards. The Government has worked closely with Trading Standards to ensure that they are prepared for the ban, this has included supporting training for Trading Standards Officers on the s...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Electronic CigarettesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the ban on single use vapes on the prevalence of vaping in schools.
Answer: The sale of vapes to under 18s is illegal, and the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will ban the sale of all consumer nicotine products to anyone under 18.Schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy that sets out what is expected of all pupils, including...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for ambulances in the Lancashire Ambulance Service area.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly official statistics for ambulance service performance. Lancashire is served by North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS). The following table shows the most recent average response times for the NWAS, in hours, minutes, a...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish a publicly accessible register of biodiversity net gain credit schemes with information on (a) location, (b) pricing and (c) habitat type to sup
Answer: Statutory credits are a last resort way of achieving BNG. They are different from biodiversity units, which are sold in the offsite market. If developers buy statutory credits, this is because it is not possible to restore habitats on-site or units are no...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities and Property Development: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist for (a) developers and (b) local planning authorities to appeal the (i) availability and (ii) cost of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain credits in cases where viabl
Answer: Statutory credits are a last resort way of achieving biodiversity net gain (BNG). They are different from biodiversity units, which are sold in the offsite market. If developers buy statutory credits, this is because it is not possible to restore habitats...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of trends in regional differences in the (a) availability and (b) pricing of Biodiversity Net Gain credits.
Answer: Statutory credits are a last resort way of achieving biodiversity net gain (BNG). They are different from biodiversity units, which are sold in the offsite market. If developers buy statutory credits, this is because it is not possible to restore habitats...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) securing and (b) verifying Biodiversity Net Gain credits on small and medium-sized developers.
Answer: Statutory credits are a last resort way of achieving biodiversity net gain (BNG). They are different from biodiversity units, which are sold in the offsite market. If developers buy statutory credits, this is because it is not possible to restore habitats...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DNA and FingerprintsHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on recording the (a) DNA and (b) fingerprints of migrants who arrive in the UK illegally.
Answer: As per the practice under successive governments, the Home Office collects biometric data, in the form of facial images and fingerprints, from all people who enter the UK illegally where they are aged over five, for the purpose of verifying identity and e...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Areas: AccessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to the public on rights of access to (a) coastal paths and (b) beaches.
Answer: a) Local highway authorities are responsible for the management and maintenance of public rights of way and may issue information locally on these. Defra provides information on National Trails including the King Charles III England Coast Path, including ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Areas: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department funds educational programmes on coastal conservation for schools visiting beaches.
Answer: The department does not fund specific educational programmes on coastal conservation, but free resources on coastal topics are provided by Oak National Academy. Bodies such as the Geographical Association and Royal Geographical Society, and others with an...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBeaches: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase safety measures at beaches during (a) summer months and (b) other periods of increased activity.
Answer: The provision of lifeguards, beach patrols and safety information is part of the risk assessment undertaken by the local authority or beach owner. In conjunction with other services HM Coastguard provides safety advice and guidance about the coastal envir...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBeaches: AccessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of miles of public beaches that were inaccessible due to (a) private ownership and (b) development on 7 July 2025.
Answer: Defra does not hold information on the number of miles of public beaches that were inaccessible due to (a) private ownership and (b) development on 7 July 2025.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBeaches: LancashireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the cleanliness of beaches in Lancashire.
Answer: Responsibility for keeping beaches clear of litter and refuse rests with the landowner or the local council in the case of amenity beaches. The Code of practice on litter and refuse sets out the cleaning standards expected on amenity beaches. Councils hav...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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