Ann Davies MP: written questions
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Written questions
Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30331More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a compensation scheme for those affected by inadequacies in the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme..
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 30330Cabinet OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30330More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 9 September 2026: Civil Service Pension Scheme, what steps her Department taking to hold Capita to account for inadequacies in the administration of civil service pensi
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 30329Cabinet OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30329More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 9 September 2026: Civil Service Pension Scheme, what recent progress she has made on the development of the long-term strategy to bring the Civil Service Pension Scheme
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 30297Department for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the benefit cap on levels of poverty in Wales.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 30296Department for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Wales are impacted by the benefit cap; and how many of those households include children.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordWritten question 30295Department for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Wales are in receipt of Local Housing Allowance; and how many of those households include children.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FertilisersTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28564More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support farmers with the cost of fertiliser.
Answer: The Government understands the impact that recent cost pressures have had on farmers across the country. It has cut the duty rate on red diesel by over a third per litre to 6.48p, the lowest rate in over 20 years. This will remain in place until the end o...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28563More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to developing a UK-wide resilience fund to financially support farmers with (a) the impact of extreme weather, (b) cases of bluetongue and (c) input costs such as fertiliser.
Answer: The Government understands the impact that recent cost pressures have had on farmers across the country. It has cut the duty rate on red diesel by over a third per litre to 6.48p, the lowest rate in over 20 years. This will remain in place until the end o...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFertilisers: UK Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28562More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’s quarterly pricing of fertiliser imports on the stability of the fertiliser market.
Answer: The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be introduced from 1 January 2027 and will apply to highly traded, carbon-intensive goods, including fertiliser. The CBAM is designed to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage and ensure that these carbon...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJob Creation: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the 8 September announcement in partnership with the British Retail Consortium on rural unemployment levels in Wales.
Answer: The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has announced an ambition to create 100,000 new jobs in the retail sector for young people by 2029, supporting more young people to take their first step into work. This is a significant commitment from one of the UK's ...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJob Creation: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 100,000 jobs announced on 8 September 2026 in the joint statement with the British Retail Consortium are expected to be created in Wales.
Answer: The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has announced an ambition to create 100,000 new jobs in the retail sector for young people by 2029, supporting more young people to take their first step into work. This is a significant commitment from one of the UK's ...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Delivery ServicesHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Licensing Act 2003 to reflect the growth of online alcohol delivery services and potential associated risks of alcohol related harm
Answer: The Licensing Act 2003 provides the legal framework for the sale and supply of alcohol in England and Wales. It is already an offence under the Act to knowingly sell or attempt to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk or underage.Consumer alcohol purchasi...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a redress scheme for mothers who lost babies as a result of exposure to sodium valproate.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 July in response to Question 16121.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her predecessor's reported comments to ITV on 12 February 2026, what progress her Department has made on establishing a compensation scheme for victims of sodium valproate.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 July in response to Question 16121.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordStalking: Criminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the (a) sufficiency and (b) consistency of application of support and protection available to victims of stalking offences throughout the criminal justice process.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that victims of stalking receive appropriate support and protection throughout the criminal justice process. Victims of stalking are entitled to support under the Victims’ Code, including access to information about...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordStalking: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) sentencing and (b) guidelines in relation to stalking offences tried in the magistrates’ court.
Answer: Sentencing decisions in individual cases are a matter for the independent judiciary, taking into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, including any particular aggravating or mitigating factors.Magistrates’ courts can sentence an offe...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEggs: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that domestic egg producers are not adversely impacted by imported eggs produced to different (a) welfare and (b) production standards.
Answer: All agri-food products must comply with the UK sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements in order to be placed on the UK market. Government will always consider whether overseas goods benefit from an unfair advantage and any impac...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEggs: Import Controls and InspectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of import control and inspection regimes for eggs, including salmonella testing.
Answer: Import controls for products entering Great Britain (GB) are set through the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM). Import controls are based upon an assessment of the risk to animal and public health. Like all import controls under the BTOM, controls for ...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of homelessness among Universal Credit claimants since Local Housing Allowance was last uprated.
Answer: The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex and they interact dynamically DWP continues to work closely with MHCLG on interactions with homelessness. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions reviewed Local Housing Allowance (LHA) at...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision not to uprate Local Housing Allowance on poverty (a) before and (b) after housing costs, particularly for households in Wales.
Answer: DWP is committed to delivering for the people of Wales. It is important that the UK Government considers the specific impacts of policy changes in Wales, and the interaction with the devolved matter on housing. Officials continue to engage with counterpar...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: SafetyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Future of Food Regulation programme on Wales.
Answer: The November 2025 Budget announcement included a request for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to develop a consistent national approach to the regulation of large food businesses in England.The FSA Board formally established the programme in March 2026 and...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: WalesTreasuryTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13671More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026 to question 11289, how many applications the National Wealth Fund has received from steel companies requesting investment from the Steel Fund (a) in total and (b) for steel sit
Answer: The Government is providing up to £2.5 billion to support the UK steel industry, in addition to the £500 million grant to Tata Steel at Port Talbot. This is being delivered through a combination of direct support for steel companies and the National Wealt...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: WalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department has received from the steel companies requesting investment from the Steel Fund for steel sites in Wales, and the total amount allocated.
Answer: The Government is providing up to £2.5bn to support the UK steel industry, in addition to the £500m grant to Tata Steel in Port Talbot. This is being delivered through a combination of direct support for steel companies and the National Wealth Fund.The De...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCost of Living: WalesWales OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 900391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to support households with the cost of living in Wales.
Answer: Improving the cost of living is the UK Labour Government’s number one priority.That is why we took £117 off people’s energy bills, expanded the Warm Home Discount, increased the minimum and living wage, universal credit and pensions, and we have frozen th...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what are the funding sources for the UK Steel Fund and how will funding be divided across these sources.
Answer: The Government is providing up to £2.5 billion to support the UK steel industry, in addition to the £500 million grant to Tata Steel at Port Talbot. This is being delivered through a combination of direct support for steel companies and the National Wealt...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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