Anna Gelderd MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Gaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help (a) ensure that medical aid reaches people who are most in need in and (b) evacuate (i) people and (ii) children who need more exte
Answer: The UK continues to urge Israel to let Gazans receive urgent healthcare, including allowing the sick and wounded to temporarily leave the Gaza Strip for treatment. On 19 May, the UK, Canada, and France jointly called for Israel to cease its renewed milita...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Trading Standards system meets consumer needs.
Answer: Trading Standards are provided by local authorities who operate independently from central government and make enforcement decisions according to local need. Trading Standards act in the collective interest of consumers rather than resolving individual ma...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Trading Standards complaints process.
Answer: Trading Standards are provided by local authorities who operate independently from central government and make enforcement decisions according to local need. Trading Standards act in the collective interest of consumers rather than resolving individual ma...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what processes are in place to help ensure that consumers who submit complaints to Trading Standards through Citizens Advice receive feedback on the outcome of their complaint.
Answer: Trading Standards are provided by local authorities who operate independently from central government and make enforcement decisions according to local need. Trading Standards act in the collective interest of consumers rather than resolving individual ma...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason consumers in England are not able to deal directly with Trading Standards services; and whether he plans to review this approach.
Answer: Trading Standards are provided by local authorities who operate independently from central government and make enforcement decisions according to local need. Trading Standards act in the collective interest of consumers rather than resolving individual ma...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Seasonal Worker visa scheme to support labour availability for longer crop cycles.
Answer: The Seasonal Worker route is already available to growers throughout the full year but there are no plans to extend the maximum visa grant beyond the existing six months.
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the Seasonal Worker visa route beyond 6 months.
Answer: The Seasonal Worker route is already available to growers throughout the full year but there are no plans to extend the maximum visa grant beyond the existing six months.
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: TenantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce any (a) fiscal and (b) policy incentives to support longer-term leasing arrangements between (i) landowners and (ii) tenant farmers.
Answer: The Department recognises the benefits that longer-term tenancy agreements can provide for both tenants and landlords. The joint Defra-Industry Farm Tenancy Forum is working on guidance and best practice to encourage more landlords and tenants to enter in...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: TenantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage landowners to offer longer-term leases to tenant farmers.
Answer: The Department recognises the benefits that longer-term tenancy agreements can provide for both tenants and landlords. The joint Defra-Industry Farm Tenancy Forum is working on guidance and best practice to encourage more landlords and tenants to enter in...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Permitted Development RightsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his speech at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference on 9 January 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed permitted development rights o
Answer: Ministers are holding Ministerial round tables in June with a diverse range of agricultural stakeholders to understand how existing planning measures are supporting farmers and to better understand the key asks to go further.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of including traceability requirements in the UK Forest Risk Commodities regulations.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting the progress of traceability and transparency in global supply chains, as we appreciate they play an essential part in supporting sustainable commodity production, trade and consumption. The UK Government recognises the n...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the assessment process for veterans for the unemployment supplement; and what steps he is planning to take to ensure veterans with service-related disabilities are n
Answer: Unemployability Supplement is one of the supplementary allowances paid under the War Pension Scheme which is assessed and administered by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Where equivalent benefits provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are c...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting access to the limited work capability component of Universal Credit for those under the age of 22 on (a) armed forces early service le
Answer: In our recent Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, we announced a broad package of reforms to the health and disability benefit and support system. Importantly, no changes are proposed to Armed Forces Independence Payments (AFIP), whi...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned restructuring of the health component of Universal Credit on (a) armed forces veterans and their dependents and (b) armed forces veter
Answer: In our recent Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, we announced a broad package of reforms to the health and disability benefit and support system. Importantly, no changes are proposed to Armed Forces Independence Payments (AFIP), whi...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOctopuses: CornwallDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in biomass of Octopus vulgaris on (a) lobster and (b) crab stocks in Cornwall.
Answer: I recently visited the fishing industry in Plymouth and was made aware of reports of an unusual abundance of octopus in the Southwest including Cornwall. Defra understands this ‘octopus bloom’ is impacting shellfish potting fisheries and causing concern t...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPost OfficeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish a green paper on the long-term future of the Post Office.
Answer: We aim to publish a Green Paper later this year which will set out several proposals for discussion on the future direction of the Post Office. As part of this work, Government will be carefully considering what customers, communities and postmasters woul...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOrchestras: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52166More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport of the potential merits of amending legislation on Orchestra Tax Relief (a) to include voice as an eligible acoustic instrument
Answer: The Government supports the creative industries, including orchestras, through funding and through the tax system. Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) provides tax relief on productions costs and provided £33 million of support in 2022-23. To qualify for OTR, a co...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue funding Level 3 vocational qualifications in music and the arts beyond 2026; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing these qualifications on
Answer: On 12 December 2024, the government published the review of level 3 qualifications reform which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-level-3-qualifications-reform-provisional-outcomes. The review aimed to ensure that qua...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52164More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to simplify the tax-free childcare eligibility process for self-employed parents in line with the system in place for employed claimants.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring eligible parents, whether they are employed or self-employed, can access Tax-Free Childcare as efficiently as possible. To be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, a parent and their partner (if they have one) must expec...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) carers and (b) family members of people with Multiple Sclerosis are (i) supported and (ii) recognised in the context of proposed changes to disabil
Answer: I recognise the vital role played by carers and family members in supporting individuals with MS. Through the Green Paper we are consulting on the support needed for those who may lose any entitlements because of proposed changes to PIP daily living and w...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Neurological DiseasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she will take to support people with (a) Multiple Sclerosis and (b) other fluctuating or progressive neurological conditions under the proposed reforms to PIP.
Answer: I recognise the vital role played by carers and family members in supporting individuals with MS. Through the Green Paper we are consulting on the support needed for those who may lose any entitlements because of proposed changes to PIP daily living and w...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to PIP on people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Answer: No assessment has been made. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’. Impacts of the proposed changes depend on many facto...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrientsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Global Biodiversity Framework commitment to reduce excess nutrients lost to the environment by at least half by 2030, what assessment his Department has made of t
Answer: The UK has published a full National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) and UK National Targets that commit us to achieving all 23 targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at home, including Target 7 which features a pledge to reduce ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinerals: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to integrate critical minerals recycling into the circular economy strategy; and if he will support the development of a processing hub for (a) tin and (b) other cri
Answer: A secure supply of critical minerals is vital for the UK's economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition. We recognise the importance of recycling critical minerals and as we work with DEFRA to develop the Circular Economy...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinerals: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review the UK Export Finance model to ensure that financial support available to overseas critical minerals projects is accessible to UK-based critical minerals producers.
Answer: In addition to its critical minerals supply finance facility, which guarantees a commercial loan to an overseas project which has an offtake agreement in place with a UK exporter, UK Export Finance (UKEF) can support UK-based critical minerals producers i...
Answered 22 May 2025
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