Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Internet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) children and (b) adults who access the internet through a virtual private network.
Answer: The Government does not hold this information. However, Ofcom’s Technology Tracker (2024) indicates that 30% of the UK’s population over 16 years old has connected to the internet using a virtual private network (VPN) for work, education or other purposes...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy Taskforce: Civil SocietyHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Defending Democracy Taskforce has had with civil society organisations.
Answer: The Defending Democracy Taskforce is driving forward a whole of Government response to the full range of threats to our democracy.Meetings of the Taskforce are complemented by private engagement with partners outside central Government and Parliament, inc...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report by Demos entitled Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is a core member of the Defending Democracy Taskforce and is working to build information resilience and protect our democracy, including through key levers such as the Online Safety Act.My officials h...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy Taskforce: Local PressHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Defending Democracy Taskforce (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to help tackle threats to democracy arising from the lack of availability of high-quality local news.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport who are core members of the Defending Democracy Taskforce, are in the process of developing a Local Media Strategy, in recognition of the importance of this vital sector. Our vision is for a thriving local media...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Defending Democracy Taskforce (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to help tackle threats to democracy outside of election periods.
Answer: The Defending Democracy Taskforce is driving forward a programme of work to secure the democratic integrity of the UK from the full range of threats. Alongside its work to protect elections, since the General Election the Taskforce has:Conducted a wide-ra...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the Building Safety Regulator is taking to reduce decision times by the regulator for approving multi-storey residential blocks.
Answer: MHCLG and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) both recognise the impact of Gateway delays on the construction pipeline of high-rise projects and are taking action to address the current challenges. The Department is working closely with the BSR to improve...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) disposable, (b) reusable and (c) other environmentally-friendly period products on the
Answer: Defra has no plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the environmental impact of different types of period products.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKyrgyzstan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether human rights issues in Kyrgyzstan have been examined within the framework of the Developing Countries Trade Scheme.
Answer: The UK Government reserves the right to suspend preferences on particular goods, or to suspend a country from the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) if it finds that they have seriously and systemically breached international conventions in relati...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKyrgyzstan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether human rights issues in Kyrgyzstan were discussed at the first meeting of the Kyrgyz-British Strategic Dialogue in February 2025.
Answer: I raised human rights issues with my Kyrgyz counterpart during the inaugural UK-Kyrgyz Strategic Dialogue in February 2025. We regularly raise human rights at ministerial level with Kyrgyzstan.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFundraising: InternetDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of online fundraising platforms' use of tipping sliders.
Answer: DCMS has not made an assessment at this time on the potential impact of online fundraising platforms' use of tipping sliders. DCMS will continue working with the Fundraising Regulator, charities, and online giving platforms to support best practice across...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordService ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Social Housing Action Campaign's research entitled Tribunals Research Finds Overcharging
Answer: The government recognises the considerable financial strain that rising services charges place on leaseholders and tenants. The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends on a range of factors, including the terms of a lease or tenancy agreemen...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who have contracted tuberculosis in each of the last five years.
Answer: This information is not held centrally. NHS England captures and publishes aggregated costs, namely the average unit cost of providing defined services to NHS patients in England, and patient-level costs/PLICS, a cost based on the specific interactions a ...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMalaria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who have contracted malaria in each of the last five years.
Answer: This information is not held centrally. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) holds data on all malaria cases diagnosed in the United Kingdom by the Malaria Reference Laboratory and Public Health Scotland. The UKHSA publishes annual reports on malaria in ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions there have been to hospital due to (a) treatment-resistant tuberculosis and (b) complications from treatment-resistant tuberculosis in each of the last five years; and what prop
Answer: There are no International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes in the Hospital Episode Statistics database that would allow treatment-resistant tuberculosis and complications from treatment-resistant tuberculosis to be identified. IC...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions there have been to hospital due to (a) tuberculosis and (b) complications from tuberculosis in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those admissions were due to t
Answer: This information is not held centrally. NHS England collects and publishes data on the causes of hospital admissions, however there is no routine reporting on tuberculosis admissions. NHS England makes hospital admission data available in the National Hea...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMalaria: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that opportunities to talk about future travel plans are being taken up with people potentially susceptible to contracting malaria (a) at new patien
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency publishes malaria-specific migrant health guidance for healthcare practitioners. Further information is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/malaria-migrant-health-guideThis calls for all practitioners ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMalaria: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that UK visitors to malaria-infected countries are aware of the need to take chemoprophylaxis effectively.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency undertakes proactive communications with the public to raise awareness of the risk of malaria and to promote consultation with an appropriate healthcare professional before travel. Further information is available at the foll...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMalaria: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that malaria cases reported to the Malaria Reference Laboratory are also notified to a proper officer.
Answer: Malaria is designated as a notifiable disease under the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010, which places a statutory duty on all registered medical practitioners in England to notify a proper officer if they treat a patient they know, or su...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMalariaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions there have been to hospital due to (a) malaria and (b) complications from malaria in each of the last five years.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) holds data on all malaria cases diagnosed in the United Kingdom by the Malaria Reference Laboratory and Public Health Scotland. The UKHSA publishes malaria statistics in an annual report, the latest version of which, ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAtyr AbdrakhmatovaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Kyrgyz counterparts on the dismissal of the Kyrgyz Ombudswoman Atyr Abdrakhmatova in that country.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has not made representations to his Kyrgyz counterparts regarding the dismissal of Kyrgyz Ombudswoman Atyr Abdrakhmatova in May 2023.I raised human rights with my Kyrgyz counterparts...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKyrgyzstan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Kyrgyz counterpart on human rights in Kyrgyzstan.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs raised his concerns regarding the conviction of several Kyrgyz journalists during a phone call with his Kyrgyz counterpart in October 2024.Our Embassy in Bishkek closely monitors med...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKyrgyzstan: Civil SocietyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterparts in Kyrgyzstan on legislation aimed at controlling so-called foreign representatives.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has not made direct representations to his counterparts in Kyrgyzstan regarding the 'Law on Non-Commercial Organisations'.Our Embassy in Bishkek has however raised concerns about the...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFundraising: Gift AidTreasuryTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53147More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure the full amount of Gift Aid claimed by online fundraising platforms reaches charities.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role played by the charity sector and the generosity of the British public. We support charitable giving with over £1.6billion in Gift Aid each year.Charities have the flexibility to decide on their own strategy for fun...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFundraising: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Fundraising Regulator on the transparency of fees on online fundraising platforms.
Answer: Fundraising platforms are commercial organisations that provide an important service to charities and donors. Most platforms are registered with the Fundraising Regulator, which is the independent, non-statutory regulator of charitable fundraising in Engl...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFundraising: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the transparency of fees on online fundraising platforms.
Answer: Fundraising platforms are commercial organisations that provide an important service to charities and donors. Most platforms are registered with the Fundraising Regulator, which is the independent, non-statutory regulator of charitable fundraising in Engl...
Answered 23 May 2025
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