Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions 2025
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Israel 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
Original Parliament recordSudan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to sanction 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
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63656More
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 medical-grade baby formula at the El-Tahrir Children's Hospital in Gaza.
Answer: We remain gravely concerned by the lack of adequate medical care in Gaza; nearly all Gaza's hospitals are damaged or partly destroyed according to the World Health Organization. Humanitarian workers must be protected and medical and aid workers must be ab...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training of frontline NHS staff on (a) the definition of domestic abuse, (b) how professionals should respond to immediate and long-term risk and (c)
Answer: All National Health Service staff complete mandatory safeguarding training, which includes a focus on domestic abuse. This training gives staff the skills and knowledge to identify and respond to all forms of domestic abuse, as set out in the Domestic Abu...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of training (a) modules and (b) courses on domestic abuse undertaken by frontline staff were (i) standalone and (ii) integrated with other training programmes broken do
Answer: Health professionals are trained to identify and respond to domestic abuse using blended learning methods including e-learning, in-person training, and supervision.It is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that staff complete mandatory safeguardi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve (a) data and (b) evidence collection in response to her Department's report entitled Intergenerational offending: A narrative review of the literature, published on 5 June 2025
Answer: Official Statistics on the scale of parental imprisonment were published in July 2024 and can be found at: Official Statistics in Development: Estimates of children with a parent in prison - GOV.UK.Further work is ongoing to refine these estimates. Additi...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support children with a parent in prison.
Answer: Having a parent in prison is considered an adverse childhood experience and can have a significant impact on a child’s life chances. This Government has committed to ensuring these children are identified and offered the support they need to thrive.We are...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to establish a national, statutory mechanism to (a) identify and (b) support children with a parent in prison.
Answer: I refer my right hon. Friend, the Member for Oxford East to the answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58709.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGoogle: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with Google on its compliance with the Frontier AI Safety Commitments made at the AI Seoul Summit 2024, published on 21 May 2024.
Answer: We expect all signatories to the Seoul commitments to stand by their agreements. The AI Security Institute, within DSIT, has ongoing discussions will all major developers, including Google DeepMind, about the implementation of frontier AI frameworks that ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: Financial ServicesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Department for Business and Trade and (b) Treasury on the potential merits of mandating UK-regulated (a) financial institutions, (b) banks
Answer: Large UK-registered companies are already required to disclose their scope 1, scope 2 and elements of scope 3 carbon emissions under the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018. The Gove...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Sudan: CiviliansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ugandan counterpart on the safety of civilians in South Sudan.
Answer: The UK Government has consistently called for an immediate ceasefire, the release of political detainees, and the protection of civilians in our engagement with the Government of South Sudan and other regional partners. On 3 April, the Minister for Africa...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Sudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in South Sudan on the provision of aid supplies to remote regions in advance of disruption resultant from weathe
Answer: The UK remains committed to supporting the humanitarian response in South Sudan, allocating £137 million to support the people of South Sudan in financial year 2024/2025. Recently published Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) figures showe...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Sudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the South Sudanese government’s use of Fogbow to deliver food supplies in remote areas on (a) UK and (b) other humanita
Answer: The UK is gravely concerned about the humanitarian situation in South Sudan and is following developments carefully, including Fogbow operations. While the UK welcomes government-led action that responds to needs among all affected people residing in hard...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Sudan and Sudan: Armed ForcesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of recruitment of children into (a) the military and (b) paramilitary groups
Answer: As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UK is committed to supporting, promoting, and defending the UN Children and Armed Conflict mandate. The UN Secretary General's annual report on Children in Armed Conflict released earlier...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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