Andy MacNae MP: written questions
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Written questions
Children: Recreation SpacesDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential benefit to children of having access to (a) green spaces, (b) blue spaces and (c) other types of nature as part of their education.
Answer: The department knows that a connection with nature is vital for young people, not only for their mental and physical health but in developing a deeper understanding of the important role nature plays in the protection of our planet.There is a growing body...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlaying Fields: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the legislative proposal to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee in planning decisions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the protection of
Answer: Access to open green spaces and playing fields is crucial to the government’s ambitions to increase physical activity levels across the nation and deliver on its Health Mission. We remain committed to protecting and extending our playing field capacity. T...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Muscular Atrophy: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the UK National Screening Committee’s in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy covers a wide geography.
Answer: Planning and development work to shape the in-service evaluation (ISE) of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is ongoing. This is being steered by the SMA partnership board that includes Department officials, the UK National Screening Comm...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Muscular Atrophy: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to involve laboratories in the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
Answer: Planning and development work to shape the in-service evaluation (ISE) of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is ongoing. This is being steered by the SMA partnership board that includes Department officials, the UK National Screening Comm...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Data ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) the adoption of data standards and (b) funding for data infrastructure across Government departments.
Answer: The Data Standards Authority within the Government Digital Service is responsible for setting data standards for adoption across government. Data standards that are approved by the Data Standards Authority are included in the Technology Code of Practice a...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordExerciseDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to instruct the Data Standards Authority to recognise OpenActive as an official government data standard for physical activity information.
Answer: The Data Standards Authority is currently considering the adoption of OpenActive as an official Government standard to improve data about physical activity opportunities and making it available for anyone to access and use. The Data Standards Authority is...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating OpenActive data standards into NHS clinical care pathways.
Answer: The Health and Social Care Act 2022, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and the Health and Social Care Information Standards (Procedure) Regulations 2025 establish a new legislative framework for setting mandatory information standards for public and priv...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to incorporate OpenActive data into the NHS app to help patients find local physical activity opportunities relevant to health conditions.
Answer: NHS England has no current plans to incorporate OpenActive data into the NHS App in this way. However, the Government recognises that data plays an important role in supporting the delivery of high-quality public services, helping to achieve the shift fro...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordExercise and Sports: DatabasesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of OpenActive on (a) Sport England's uniting the movement strategy and (b) reducing physical inactivity.
Answer: Award agreements for organisations that receive Lottery funding from Sport England contain a clause that states they should implement relevant open data standards - this includes OpenActive, Active Places, Open Referral and other open standards relevant t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordExercise and Sports: DatabasesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to mandate the OpenActive data standard for publicly-funded (a) leisure facilities and (b) activity providers.
Answer: Award agreements for organisations that receive Lottery funding from Sport England contain a clause that states they should implement relevant open data standards - this includes OpenActive, Active Places, Open Referral and other open standards relevant t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHomicide: ParentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64314 on Homicide: Parents, on what date her Department plans for the commencement of Section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing Section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which introduces an automatic restriction on the exercise of parental responsibility where one parent has been sentenced of the murder or voluntary manslaughter ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing legal duties on online marketplaces to (a) verify sellers of e-bikes and (b) remove unsafe e-bike listings.
Answer: All products placed on the market in the UK must be safe. However, the current legislative framework was not designed with online supply chains in mind. This is a key reason why Government has introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, which pr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to implement (a) the proposed PAS 7250 specification and (b) other safety standards for e-bikes.
Answer: As part of its work tackling unsafe e-bikes, e-scooters and their batteries, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), in my Department, has commissioned the British Standards Institution to develop the publicly available specification (PAS) 725...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce a national e-bike safety kitemark scheme to distinguish (a) legally compliant and (b) fire-tested products.
Answer: Under existing product safety legislation, all consumer products must be safe when they are placed on the UK market. For e-bikes, this includes carrying UKCA (or CE) marking to demonstrate the manufacturer has undertaken all relevant assessments to assure...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to ban the sale of (a) e-bikes and (b) scooters that are not legally allowed to be used on roads.
Answer: The UK’s legal framework for product safety places responsibility for the safety of e-bikes and e-scooters on the businesses manufacturing or importing them. The Office for Product Safety and Standards and Local Authority Trading Standards enforce the reg...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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