Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions
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Road Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Highways England on the potential impact of abuse of roadworkers on levels of retention of roadworkers.
Answer: The Department is concerned about the increasing reports of abuse and intimidation faced by roadworkers and recognises the potential impact this has on both recruitment and retention in the sector. National Highways also takes this issue seriously and wor...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of abuse at work on the mental health of roadworkers.
Answer: The physical and verbal abuse of roadworkers at work by members of the public is not acceptable. The Department takes this issue seriously and recognises the potential impact such abuse has on the mental health of roadworkers. The Department supports the ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of roadworkers who have been spat at from passing drivers in the last five years.
Answer: While the Department for Transport does not hold specific data on the types, trends and impacts of roadworker abuse, we work closely with the Highways Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC) UK, the representative body for the industry, who provide a m...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many roadworkers have been hit by projectiles thrown by passing drivers or their passengers in each of the last five years.
Answer: While the Department for Transport does not hold specific data on the types, trends and impacts of roadworker abuse, we work closely with the Highways Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC) UK, the representative body for the industry, who provide a m...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many roadworkers have been hit by vehicles breaching cones or road signs indicating live work zones in each of the last five years.
Answer: While the Department for Transport does not hold specific data on the types, trends and impacts of roadworker abuse, we work closely with the Highways Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC) UK, the representative body for the industry, who provide a m...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Police Forces on (a) abuse of roadworkers and (b) steps to help tackle this.
Answer: While the Department for Transport does not hold specific data on the types, trends and impacts of roadworker abuse, we work closely with the Highways Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC) UK, the representative body for the industry, who provide a m...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) abuse of roadworkers and (b) steps to help tackle this.
Answer: While the Department for Transport does not hold specific data on the types, trends and impacts of roadworker abuse, we work closely with the Highways Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC) UK, the representative body for the industry, who provide a m...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of abuse of roadworkers in different local authority areas.
Answer: While the Department for Transport does not hold specific data on the types, trends and impacts of roadworker abuse, we work closely with the Highways Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC) UK, the representative body for the industry, who provide a m...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: IranHome OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to protect Iranian (a) dissidents, (b) activists, and (c) journalists residing in the UK from (i) harassment, (ii) surveillance (iii) and intimidation by agents of
Answer: The UK Government will continue to use all appropriate tools at our disposal to protect the UK and its people against any threats from the Iranian state. Any attempt by a foreign state to intimidate, harass or harm individuals in the UK will not be tolera...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: Political Prisoners and WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) women and (b) political prisoners under threat from the Iranian regime.
Answer: We continue to support women and political prisoners in Iran through sustained action alongside international partners in multilateral fora. In the past eight months, the UK was integral to the delivery of two Iran human rights resolutions. The first, ado...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordShared SpacesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has provided guidance to local authorities on (a) legacy shared space schemes and (b) how streets covered by those schemes can be altered to be made more accessible for blind and partiall
Answer: Local authorities are bound by the Public Sector Equality Duty and it is for them to ensure any schemes they take forward are delivered in a way that allows them to comply with this duty. The Department provides guidance in Inclusive Mobility on designing...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel England: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Active Travel England has made on creating a disabled people's panel to help inform its work.
Answer: Active Travel England (ATE) does not have any current plans to create a disabled people’s panel and does not set policy. ATE routinely works with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and disabled representative organisations to improve its ou...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the powers of councils to improve street accessibility.
Answer: Local authorities are bound by the Public Sector Equality Duty and it is for them to ensure any schemes they take forward are delivered in a way that allows them to comply with this duty. The Department provides guidance in Inclusive Mobility on designing...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael and Palestinians: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question HL5327 on Israel and Palestinians: Development Aid and in the context of discussions held in the Knesset Constitution, Law
Answer: We are deeply troubled by the proposed non-governmental organisation (NGO) taxation bill which threatens to undermine the ability of NGOs to operate effectively and continue their essential work in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). W...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have been able to auto-enrol children for free school meals; and whether she expects that the new expanded eligibility will increase this number.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Oxford East to the answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 58496.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil PremiumDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the pupil premium will be linked to the current income unit only.
Answer: The allocation of pupil premium funding to schools will continue to be based on the existing earned income threshold for free school meal eligibility of £7,400 in the 2026/27 financial year.The pupil premium eligibility criteria also includes children loo...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil PremiumDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there will be an increase in the pupil premium following the introduction of free school meals for all pupils from families on Universal Credit.
Answer: The allocation of pupil premium funding to schools will continue to be based on the existing earned income threshold for free school meal eligibility of £7,400 in the 2026/27 financial year.The pupil premium eligibility criteria also includes children loo...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of children put on the child protection register for reasons including sexual abuse from (a) 2022-23 to (b) 2023-24 in Engl
Answer: Baroness Casey’s national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation recommended the department interrogate the child protection data to identify the causes of the decline in child sexual abuse and exploitation representation.The government has commit...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of (a) SINs and (b) rapid reviews submitted to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in (i) 2023-24 compared with (i
Answer: The department’s official statistics show that in the year ending 31 March 2024, there were 405 serious incident notifications and 330 rapid reviews, respective decreases of 51 and 72 from the year prior. The statistics are based on one notification per i...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCurriculum and Assessment Review: Artificial Intelligence and MediaDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Curriculum and Assessment Review includes (a) media and (b) artificial intelligence literacy.
Answer: The Curriculum and Assessment Review’s terms of reference set out that it will seek to refresh the curriculum to ensure children and young people leave compulsory education ready for life and ready for work, building the knowledge, skills and attributes t...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FuelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the availability of fuel in Gaza for (a) desalination and (b) healthcare services.
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We remain deeply concerned at the lack of fuel supply in Gaza, which puts vital services such as water desalination at risk. On 18 July, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when decisions on applications for (a) leave in line and (b) status in line will resume.
Answer: The Home Office has not paused decisions for leave in line applications. Children born in the UK to parents with protection status may claim asylum in their own right in accordance with the validity requirements set out in paragraph 327AB of the Immigrati...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the UN and (b) other international bodies on the need for protection of civilians during the Sudan conflict.
Answer: We continue to engage actively with the UN and other international actors to push for the protection of civilians in Sudan. On 15 April, the Foreign Secretary hosted the London Sudan conference alongside the African Union (AU) and the EU, as well as Franc...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the warring parties in Sudan about the protection of civilians.
Answer: As part of our diplomatic and political efforts to achieve peace in Sudan, we continue to engage with the warring parties. Senior officials, including the UK Special Representative for Sudan, have travelled to Port Sudan on several occasions in 2025 for t...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the economic (a) stability and (b) powers of people involved in human rights abuses in Sudan.
Answer: The UK condemns human rights violations and abuses committed by the warring parties in Sudan. Since the outbreak of the conflict in 2023, the UK has frozen the assets of nine commercial entities linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Ar...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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