Ann Davies MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Driving Licences: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle DVLA delays in the processing of applications for driving licenses by people who are reapplying following a disqualification.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) sends renewal reminders to drivers before their current licence is due to expire to prompt renewal applications to be made as early as possible. Where the DVLA is made aware that a driving licence is required...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for the DVLA to process applications from people that are reapplying for driving licenses following their disqualification (a) on medical grounds and (b) for a criminal offence.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) sends renewal reminders to drivers before their current licence is due to expire to prompt renewal applications to be made as early as possible. Where the DVLA is made aware that a driving licence is required...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45439 on Personal Independence Payments and with reference to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, published on 18 June 2025,
Answer: The vast majority of claimants over State Pension age are on ongoing awards, with a light-touch review scheduled for 10 years. This is because we know that, as people get older, their conditions tend to get worse rather than better, and as such we think t...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Wales will receive any consequential funding through the Barnett formula as a result of UK Government actions on the bluetongue virus in England.
Answer: The Barnett formula is applied in the usual way, as set out in the Statement of Funding policy, to all changes to Defra’s budget. It is applied when departmental budgets change - not when departments announce how they are spending their budgets. Barnett c...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Armed ForcesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review its policy on defining military compensation as income in Pension Credit means tests.
Answer: The first £10 of any War Pension payment or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) award made due to injury or disablement is disregarded in Pension Credit. Income is calculated on a weekly basis, so the disregard is £10 per week. Four additions to the W...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s capacity to effectively tackle the spread of bluetongue virus.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) leads Government action on animal disease control and has outbreak response plans, supported by the bluetongue virus (BTV) national reference laboratory at The Pirbright Institute. Response times are kept under re...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential merits of establishing a compensation scheme for farmers affected by the imposition of restricted zones in response to the bluetongue virus.
Answer: The Government recognises that keepers and businesses can be affected not only by the impacts of bluetongue disease on animals, but also by disease control measures. That is why Defra seeks to minimise these burdens where safe to do so by using exemptions...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of imposing an all-England restricted zone from 1 July 2025 in response to the bluetongue virus on (a) livestock markets and (b) oth
Answer: From 1 July 2025 the restricted zone for bluetongue will be extended to cover all of England. This change is being made because the area of England where disease has been found is now too large for movement restrictions to remain an effective and proporti...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the spread of bluetongue virus on food security in (a) Wales and (b) other parts of the UK.
Answer: Bluetongue does not impact human health or food safety, and the current outbreak of bluetongue serotype 3 affecting England has not had an impact on food security in the UK. Disease control is a devolved matter, and it is for the devolved administrations ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Bridgend and SwanseaTreasuryTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59836More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her oral statement on Spending Review 2025, Official Report, column 985, for what reason she referenced Swansea and Bridgend in the context of the extension of free school meals in England.
Answer: The government will provide £410 million per year by 2028-29 to expand Free School Meals eligibility from September 2026 to all pupils in England with a parent receiving Universal Credit. The Barnett formula will apply in the normal way; education is a de...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpoil Heaps: CoalWales OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding the Welsh government requested from her Department for coal tip safety and remediation work as part of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: At the Spending Review, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that HM Treasury would provide the Welsh Government with the funding it requested to continue its vital coal tip safety work. Ensuring coal tips across Wales remain safe is of the upmost im...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Digital UK: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding Building Digital UK has received in each year since it was established.
Answer: Building Digital UK (BDUK) became an Executive Agency on 1 April 2022. Each year, it publishes information on its total budget in its Annual Reports and Accounts. These are published on GOV.UK and cover the period from 1 April to 31 March.In 2022 to 2023,...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBluetongue Disease: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on limiting the spread of bluetongue virus.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 4 June 2025 to question UIN 57569.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58418More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the planned changes to the Winter Fuel Payment, announced on 9 June 2025, for what reason an income threshold of £35,000 for the Winter Fuel Payment was decided.
Answer: The Government wants more pensioners to benefit from Winter Fuel Payments. The £35,000 threshold means that the vast majority of pensions - more than three quarters and around 9 million individuals - will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment. The threshold ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: WalesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received the Winter Fuel Payment in Wales in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial year; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who will receive it in Wales in the 20
Answer: For winter 2023 to 2024, around 631,000 pensioners received the Winter Fuel Payment in Wales. This is based on Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK. Data covering winter 2024 to 2025 is not yet available. The next release of Win...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: WalesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households that will receive the winter fuel payment in Wales in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: For winter 2023 to 2024, around 631,000 pensioners received the Winter Fuel Payment in Wales. This is based on Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK. Data covering winter 2024 to 2025 is not yet available. The next release of Win...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: WalesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) what specific matters were discussed during and (b) what were the outcomes of her meeting with the First Minister of Wales on the Pathways to Work Green Paper on 4 June 2025.
Answer: The meeting between Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the First Minister of Wales on 4th June 2025 was a positive discussion about areas of mutual interest, including the UK Government’s commitment to reforming the system of health and disabili...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: Public ConsultationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of the in-person Pathways to Work public consultation event in Wales, scheduled for 3 June 2025, on stakeholders in Wales.
Answer: As part of our commitment to hear from members of the public directly, including disabled people and their representatives, we have now held a number of virtual and in person public consultation events, as per the advertised schedule on GOV.UK. Unfortunat...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: Public ConsultationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department intends to provide an in-person Pathways to Work public consultation event in Wales following the cancellation of the Cardiff event on 3 June 2025.
Answer: As part of our commitment to hear from members of the public directly, including disabled people and their representatives, we have now held a number of virtual and in person public consultation events, as per the advertised schedule on GOV.UK. Unfortunat...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to Work: Public ConsultationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Pathways to Work public consultation event in Cardiff, scheduled for 3 June 2025, was cancelled.
Answer: As part of our commitment to hear from members of the public directly, including disabled people and their representatives, we have now held a number of virtual and in person public consultation events, as per the advertised schedule on GOV.UK. Unfortunat...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services (No. 2) Bill (HL): WalesDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Bus Services (No.2) Bill [Lords] on Wales.
Answer: The Bus Services (No.2) Bill primarily applies in England only. However, a small number of measures apply to Wales.My officials are engaging with the Welsh Government to discuss the Bill’s interaction with Wales. This is in the context of the Welsh Govern...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUtilities: Social TariffsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of utility social tariffs for people (a) on low income and (b) with disabilities that do not receive (i) Universal Credit and (ii) PIP.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is committed to tackling poverty and discusses access to social tariffs regularly with her Cabinet colleagues as part of her work to address poverty. This includes through her role as co-chair of the Child Pove...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFreight: Supply ChainsDepartment for TransportTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the University of Manchester entitled Rattling the supply chains: creating a more sustainable way to do business, p
Answer: The Department for Transport acknowledges this report's contribution to resilient and sustainable supply chain discussions. The UK's reliance on global supply chains offers economic benefits but poses risks such as geopolitical tensions and environmental ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Remains: CrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a separate criminal offence of desecration of a corpse.
Answer: The Government understands the concerns of bereaved families who are pressing for a review of the legislative framework around the desecration of corpses. While there is no specific offence of desecrating a corpse in England and Wales, other related offen...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WalesWales OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings has she held with the (a) Farmers Union of Wales (b) National Farmers Union Cymru, (b) Country Land and Business Association Cymru, (c) Tenant Association Farmers Cymru (d) Countryside Alliance Wa
Answer: The farming unions are a key partner for the Wales Office – the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and I are committed to working with them and maintaining an active dialogue. In November 2024, both the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and I met...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
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