Ann Davies MP: written questions
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Written questions
Coal: MiningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30533 on Coal: Mining, what his planned timetable is to introduce legislation to restrict the future licensing of new coal mines.
Answer: The Government announced on 14th November 2024 its intention to introduce new legislation to restrict the future licensing of new coal mines. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-11-14/hcws215 This will be taken forwar...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCoal: MiningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet with coal tip safety groups in Wales to discuss his Department's proposals to ban future coal licences.
Answer: The responsibility for ensuring the safety of coal tips is a matter for the landowners and/or the Local Authority in most instances and is separate to the coal licensing duties in the 1994 Coal Industry Act. The Government recognises the importance of ens...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCoal: MiningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to introduce legislation to ban future coal licensing.
Answer: The Government announced on 14th November 2024 its intention to introduce new legislation to restrict the future licensing of new coal mines. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-11-14/hcws215
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to replicate the changes announced for the Mineworkers Pension Scheme to the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the response from my honourable friend the Minister for Industry on 29 January 2025 (UIN 25410).
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security: WalesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of devolving powers related to the administration of the social security system to Wales.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had any discussions with the Welsh Government about the devolution of the administration of the social security system to Wales.The Government’s commitments on further devolution were outlined in our manifesto. We have no pl...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WalesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the electrification of the rail network in Wales to the same level as England on rail journey times in Wales.
Answer: Electrification of the rail network is one of a number of factors, including timetables, rolling stock and possible infrastructure works, which can improve journeys. The Wales Rail Board is responsible for assessing and recommending rail investments to su...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support farm-to-fork initiatives on publicly-owned land.
Answer: The Government recently announced a series of reforms for delivering on the Government’s New Deal for Farmers including backing British produce by monitoring food currently bought in the public sector and where it is bought from this will make it easier f...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PricesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to take steps to help lower the price of healthy food.
Answer: Steps to improve the affordability, availability, and accessibility of healthy foods are being considered as part of both the Child Poverty Strategy, due to be published in spring, as well as the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs-led Food ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the value of a primary residential property be included within Family Visa minimum financial requirement calculations.
Answer: Those using the family route to come to the UK must be capable of being independently supported by their sponsor. A couple’s income or cash savings are the most reliable and practicable indicator of their financial status and independence for the purposes...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIntellectual Property: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to introduce transparency obligations on generative AI developers to disclose detailed information on all creative works used in AI training.
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024. This consultation seeks views on a number of issues relating to copyright and AI. It sets a clear objective of achieving proportionate transparency from AI developers over the c...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordImportsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.
Answer: There are regulations that enable intellectual property rights owners to limit the sale of goods in some territories and these regulations may be used by rights owners to manage the parallel import of goods covered by their intellectual property rights.
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCavity Insulation Guarantee Agency and Energy Company Obligation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost of remedial work due to be carried out in properties in Wales as a result of work undertaken through the (a) ECO4 scheme and (b) Cavity Insulation Guaran
Answer: Remediation costs can differ significantly from one property to another. All insulation under ECO4 must be installed by a TrustMark-registered installer, and covered by a TrustMark approved 25 year guarantee. The government has previously published guidan...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCavity Insulation Guarantee Agency and Energy Company Obligation: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in Wales waiting for remedial work as a result of work undertaken through the (a) ECO4 scheme and (b) Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency.
Answer: All insulation under ECO4 must be installed by a TrustMark-registered installer, and covered by a TrustMark approved 25 year guarantee. The Government has previously published guidance for consumers who suspect that they may have faulty cavity wall insula...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCavity Insulation Guarantee Agency and Energy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) oversight and (b) remedial mechanisms of the (i) ECO4 scheme and (ii) Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency.
Answer: Since 2019, installations under Government backed energy efficiency schemes, including ECO4, have been required to be carried out by TrustMark registered publicly available specification (PAS2030) certified installers alongside an insurance backed guarant...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWelsh National Opera: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on funding for the Welsh National Opera.
Answer: The Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism has held a series of very productive meetings with the Wales Office, Welsh Government, Arts Council England, and Welsh National Opera to understand the issue in more detail and to see how, within the ...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the sizing of electronic monitoring equipment.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice set out its requirements relating to Electronic Monitoring devices as part of a procurement process that saw contracts awarded in October 2023 for the provision of Electronic Monitoring services. The Secretary of State is satisfied...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide an update to applicants who successfully submitted a stage one bid to the Community Ownership Fund on the next stage of the process.
Answer: Applicants to the Community Ownership Fund (COF) were required to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) form and have this approved as a first stage before being able to submit a full application in the next available round of the fund.The last bidding w...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date she plans to publish the Shared Prosperity Fund allocations for 2025-26.
Answer: Allocations for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in 2025-26 were published on GOV.UK on 13 December and can be found here.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Cables: StormsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what cost comparison he has made of repairing (a) overhead and (b) underground power lines following storm damage.
Answer: The benefits and costs of investing in under grounding power lines were considered following Storm Arwen in 2021. As noted in the Storm Arwen Review Final Report, investing in undergrounding would not be a cost-effective on long spur routes that serve sma...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordASW: Workplace PensionsWales OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the pensions of former Allied Steel and Wire workers.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting both current and retired steelworkers. That is why we are supporting the continuation of steelmaking at Port Talbot and providing up to £100million to support the community through this transition.The Government i...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Social TariffsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on data matching to establish a social tariff for vulnerable customers.
Answer: Data matching is being used effectively to provide financial help with energy bills to over three million households this winter through the Warm Home Discount. DWP officials are working closely with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: WalesWales OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Barnett formula for Wales.
Answer: The Welsh Government’s budget is increasing in real terms and is the largest settlement since devolution. This includes £1.7 billion through the Barnett formula to spend on public services like the NHS, which I noted didn’t feature in the Honourable Membe...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWelsh LanguageWales OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions has she had with the Welsh Government on the impact of the measures announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 on the Welsh Government's Welsh language strategy Cymraeg 2050.
Answer: The Welsh Government will be provided with a £21 billion settlement in 2025/26 – the largest in real terms since devolution. This includes an additional £1.7 billion through the Barnett Formula with £1.5 billion for day-to-day spending and £250 million fo...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 October 2024 on Social Security, HCWS175, what estimate has she made of the number of additional welfare recipients affected by the benefit cap from April 2
Answer: No estimate has been made.
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability Living Allowance: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance to individuals over the age of 65.
Answer: Disability Living Allowance and government mobility support is focused on providing additional help with the extra costs of disability to people who are severely disabled early, or relatively early, in life and who as a result, have had fewer opportunitie...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
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