Andy Slaughter MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Water Charges: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timelines are for considering the introduction of a national social tariff for water bills; and whether she is taking steps to ensure that the potential d
Answer: This Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable and is working with industry to keep support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. As such, we have carried out a consultation on reforms to WaterSure - the s...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to release the White Paper on water reform in January 2026.
Answer: The Government will respond to the Independent Water Commission’s final recommendations in full via a White Paper shortly and a new water reform bill, bringing forward root and branch reform to secure better outcomes for customers, investors and the envir...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProbation: Voluntary OrganisationsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department is taking steps to deliver the recommendation from the Independent Sentencing Review of increased funding for the voluntary sector to support the Probation Service.
Answer: I recognise the valuable role of the thousands of Voluntary Sector organisations that work in partnership with Prisons and Probation to provide vital support to people serving their sentence in prison and returning to the community. We welcome the Indepen...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the effectiveness of the proposed expansion of electronic monitoring of offenders in helping to (a) reduce reoffending and (b) support rehabilitation.
Answer: In support of the Sentencing Bill, the Ministry of Justice will significantly expand the use of electronic monitoring as a vital tool for probation to ensure offenders are managed safely in the community.This expansion builds on the Department’s long-stan...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTickets: PricesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to include measures to help tackle the resale of live event tickets in the forthcoming King’s Speech.
Answer: This Government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of live events and we recently announced a series of measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and protect consumers on the ticket resale market. We will legislate to introduce these measu...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSaudi Arabia: Capital PunishmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to answer given to Question UIN 77478 on 14 October 2025, what discussions her officials have had with their Saudi counterparts regarding (a) the execution of
Answer: The Government continues to monitor individual cases of concern in Saudi Arabia, and we regularly raise human rights with the Saudi authorities, including at ministerial level.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on the basis of what evidence was the estimate of a 20 per cent time saving for judge only trials made, including the following evidence referred to in the Leveson report (i) the quantitative analyses, (ii) the q
Answer: Hearing cases without a jury negates the need for jury selection, judges explaining legal concepts to jurors, and jury deliberation. There is no denying that these add to the time it takes to hear a case.The latest figures show offences heard by magistrat...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: SalesHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring shops to hide knives for sale from public view.
Answer: Since 2016 there has been a voluntary agreement between the Home Office and most major high street retailers on the responsible sale of knives. The purpose of the agreement is to set out best practice around the sale of knives, including age verification ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HomelessnessMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were (a) released into homelessness and (b) homeless three months after release in each quarter since January 2022.
Answer: We are taking a number of steps to reduce numbers of those being released from prison homeless, including measures to improve joint processes and guidance across prisons, probation and local authorities. Overall statutory responsibility for housing and ho...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HomelessnessMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people needing homelessness relief from local authorities on release from prison.
Answer: We are taking a number of steps to reduce numbers of those being released from prison homeless, including measures to improve joint processes and guidance across prisons, probation and local authorities. Overall statutory responsibility for housing and ho...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil-Military Coordination CenterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Civil Military Coordination Centre at Kiryat Gat on coordinating aid delivery into Gaza.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 84235.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil-Military Coordination CenterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what Britain’s role is in the Civil Military Coordination Centre at Kiryat Gat.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 84235.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil-Military Coordination CenterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the terms of reference are for the Civil Military Coordination Centre at Kiryat Gat.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 28 October to Question 84235.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBahrain: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last asked her Bahraini counterpart to allow a research mission by a UN Special Rapporteur to consider the human rights situation in Bahrain.
Answer: We continue to encourage all countries to engage constructively with UN mechanisms, including Special Rapporteurs, as part of their international commitments. The UK remains committed to supporting progress on human rights.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the UN Secretary-General’s report to the Security Council entitled Situation concerning Western
Answer: The UK Government consistently urges all states to uphold international law, and we continue to encourage constructive engagement with the political process led by the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General Mr Staffan de Mistura in support of finding ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the UN Secretary-General entitled Situation concerning Western Sahara, publishe
Answer: The UK Government consistently urges all states to uphold international law, and we continue to encourage constructive engagement with the political process led by the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General Mr Staffan de Mistura in support of finding ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the Employment Rights Bill on backlogs in the employment tribunals.
Answer: The Employment Rights Bill is part of the Government’s commitment to Make Work Pay. The Bill includes measures that strengthens the rights of workers, which we expect will increase demand in the Employment Tribunal.To address rising demand in the Employme...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases there have been in the Employment (a) Tribunal and (b) Appeal Tribunal in each of the last five years.
Answer: Data on open caseload for the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeals Tribunal is published in Tribunals Statistics Quarterly and data to March 2025 can be found in table S_4 of the main tables here: Tribunals statistics quarterly: January to March 202...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWaleed Abulkhair and Mohammed al-BejadiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her officials have had with their Saudi counterparts on the continued detention of (a) Waleed Abu al-Khair and (b) Mohammed al-Bejadi.
Answer: The Government continues to monitor individual cases of concern in Saudi Arabia, including the cases of Waleed Abu Al-Khair and Mohammed Al-Bejadi. We regularly raise human rights with the Saudi authorities, including at ministerial level.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSaudi Arabia: Capital PunishmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her officials have had with their Saudi counterparts on (a) the execution of Jalal Labbad for offences allegedly committed whilst a minor and (b) other juven
Answer: The Government continues to monitor individual cases of concern in Saudi Arabia, including the cases of Waleed Abu Al-Khair and Mohammed Al-Bejadi. We regularly raise human rights with the Saudi authorities, including at ministerial level.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Visits AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make his policy to talk to his Moroccan counterpart on the blocking of visits by (a) parliamentarians, (b) researchers, (c) journalists and (d) lawyers to occupied
Answer: The UK Government consistently urges all states to uphold international law, and we continue to encourage constructive engagement with the political process regarding Western Sahara. We have supported language in relevant UN Security Council Resolutions t...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to call on MINURSO to (a) conduct human rights monitoring in Western Sahara and (b) report their finding to the UN Security Council.
Answer: The UK is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide, including in Western Sahara. Our policy regarding the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is informed by ongoing engagement with the parties a...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Self-determination of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the UN Secretary General’s designation of Western Sahara as a non-self-governing territory in
Answer: Western Sahara is a UN Non-Self-Governing Territory with no defined Administering Power. The UK has endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting solution of the Western Sahara conflict and welcomed Morocc...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: HackingMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when will legal aid providers be able to submit (a) bills and (b) claims for payments on account following the Legal Aid Agency data breach.
Answer: This is an unprecedented event and an evolving situation, and every effort is being made to restore services following the criminal attack on our systems. The Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital services have been taken offline to negate the threat and preve...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: HackingMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the response to the Legal Aid Agency data breach on the implementation of the means test review proposals.
Answer: This is an unprecedented event and an evolving situation, and every effort is being made to restore systems following the criminal attack on our services. The impact on the system has affected implementation and delivery of intended legal aid fee uplifts ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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