Angus MacDonald MP: written questions 2025
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Rare Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing new NICE criteria for rare conditions that do not meet the 300 patient threshold for the Highly Specialised Technology appraisal sy
Answer: Decisions on whether medicines should be evaluated through the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) highly specialised technologies (HST) programme are taken by NICE itself against a set of published criteria that have been developed...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the level of Israeli compliance with international humanitarian law in the context of the war in Gaza; and if he will suspend the provision of training to Israeli Defence Force personnel in the
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the lead Government Department for assessing international partners’ compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The Ministry of Defence (MOD) works closely with the FCDO to ensure we ar...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a first school as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71748More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a pet’s name as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71747More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a birthplace as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with other specified feeding and eating disorder.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAvoidant/Restrictive Food Intake DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBulimiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with bulimia.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnorexiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with anorexia.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordData ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) Apple, (b) Microsoft and (c) Google on the safeguarding of data under the Investigatory Powers Act.
Answer: Home Office Ministers and senior officials regularly meet with key stakeholders, including technology companies, on a range of policies and issues.It would not be appropriate to comment on the specifics of any discussions about the Investigatory Powers Ac...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SecurityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71719More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had discussions with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a mother’s maiden name as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
Answer: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 sets out the requirements which firms must follow when customers are accessing their payment accounts online, including the use of two-factor authentication to verify a customer...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power Station: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass generation at Drax Power Station on the environment.
Answer: The Government published an impact assessment in early 2024 as part of the consultation on proposed support options for large scale biomass generators, including Drax. This assessment was consistent with the views of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with Ofgem on the adequacy of seven-port smart meters as replacements for RTS meters serving households on the Total Heating Total Control tariff.
Answer: The Department and Ofgem agree that seven-port meters can be an adequate replacement option for households with more complex metering arrangements, such as Total Heating Total Control.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPigsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of (a) outdoor farrowing and (b) other higher welfare rearing systems for pigs.
Answer: We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving the lives of farm animals and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway supports farmers to improve the health and welfare of their li...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with devolved Administrations on the consistency of on-farm animal welfare inspections across the United Kingdom.
Answer: Animal welfare is a devolved matter in the UK. This means that responsibility for animal welfare policy in the individual nations is the responsibility of the relevant nations’ Ministers. However, Defra works closely with the devolved Governments on a ran...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of mandatory animal welfare labelling for products from pasture-fed livestock on (a) farmers and (b) consumers.
Answer: On 12 June 2025, we published the summary of responses and the Government response to the fairer food labelling consultation, which was undertaken last year by the previous government. The response is available here on GOV.UK. We will consider the potenti...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70271More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential fiscal impact of exempting the state pension from income tax.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure older people can live with the dignity and respect they deserve in retirement. The State Pension is the foundation of the support available to them. Over the course of this Parliament, the yearly amount of the fu...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70270More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the personal allowance remaining below the value of the new state pension from April 2026 on pensioners.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure older people can live with the dignity and respect they deserve in retirement. The State Pension is the foundation of the support available to them. Over the course of this Parliament, the yearly amount of the fu...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Income TaxDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will pay income tax on the state pension from April 2026.
Answer: The headline rates of the basic and new State Pensions are currently below the level of the Income Tax Personal Allowance, so pensioners for whom that is their sole income pay no income tax. It is pensioners with larger than average State Pension entitlem...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in the UK still using the total heating total control tariff.
Answer: The Government does not hold this information centrally. As tariffs are a commercial matter for suppliers, the Government is unable to comment on individual tariffs offered by energy suppliers.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of migrating from total heating total control meters to standard tariffs following the replacement of radio teleswitch service
Answer: Energy suppliers are best placed to advise on suitable tariffs for their customers, and to ensure that they inform affected customers of any changes to the cost of their energy. The Department and Ofgem have been clear with suppliers that we expect consum...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has provided to energy suppliers on maintaining tariff equivalence when replacing Radio Teleswitch Service meters for customers previously on Total Heating with T
Answer: Energy suppliers are best placed to advise on suitable tariffs for their customers, and to ensure that they inform affected customers of any changes to the cost of their energy. The Department and Ofgem have been clear with suppliers that we expect consum...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with the DCC on the expansion of the smart meter network.
Answer: The DCC is obligated under the conditions of its licence to provide Wide Area Network (WAN) coverage to at least 99.25% of premises across Great Britain, and to assess opportunities to increase the overall level of coverage. The Government is working clos...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that are not on the smart meter network in each constituency in Scotland.
Answer: The Department does not collect data on Wide Area Network (WAN) availability at constituency level. The DCC is obligated under the conditions of its licence to provide Wide Area Network (WAN) coverage to at least 99.5% of premises in the ‘North’ region, w...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBank of EnglandTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70263More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the Bank of England to pay interest on its reserves to commercial banks.
Answer: The Bank of England has operational independence from the government to carry out its statutory responsibilities for monetary policy and financial stability. Monetary policy, including quantitative easing, is the responsibility of the independent Monetary...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
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