Ayoub Khan MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
TGI Fridays: ClosuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with D&D London on the closure of 35 TGI Fridays branches.
Answer: We understand that this will be a concerning time for workers at TGI Fridays, and we stand ready to support those impacted. Affected employees will be able to access Government support, including Universal Credit and Job Centre Plus to help them find new ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of fare charging arrangements on morning peak rail tickets for (a) 16-25 and (b) 26-30 Railcards.
Answer: Both the 16-25 and 26-30 Railcards are subject to a £12 minimum fare during the morning peak. Changes to the terms and conditions of Railcards are for industry to propose and would need to balance the benefits to certain groups against the impacts on taxp...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of rail ticketing arrangements under which Anytime Singles have been offered for sale at peak times to people with 16-25 railcards.
Answer: I am aware of the recent coverage of a number of prosecutions undertaken by one rail operator. We expect operators to ensure their policy on ticketing is clear and fair for passengers at all times and have instructed an urgent review of the cases in quest...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: Private ProsecutionsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on how many private prosecutions have been undertaken by the Operator of Last Resort against people using Anytime Singles at peak times with 16-25 railcards in each of the
Answer: DfT Operator of Last Resort Holdings Limited has not brought any private prosecutions in the last three years as prosecutions are carried out by its subsidiary train companies. We expect operators to ensure their policy on ticketing is clear and fair for ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNorthern: Private ProsecutionsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with Northern Rail on its use of private prosecutions.
Answer: We expect Northern to ensure their policy on fare evasion and prosecutions is clear and fair for passengers at all times and have instructed the operator to review the details of the prosecution cases in question urgently.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the Medical Defence Union to discuss NHS staff morale.
Answer: There are no plans for my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to meet with the Medical Defence Union to discuss National Health Service staff morale.The Department works closely with NHS England to address issues around staf...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a system of fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence claims.
Answer: The rising costs of clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service in England are of great concern to the Government. Costs have more than quadrupled in the last 17 years and are forecast to continue rising, putting further pressure on NHS...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) repeal Section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of other reforms of legislation covering clinical negligence cos
Answer: The rising costs of clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service in England are of great concern to the Government. Costs have more than quadrupled in the last 17 years and are forecast to continue rising, putting further pressure on NHS...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to assess whether a water company should lose its licence.
Answer: Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions. Where companies have failed to meet statutory or lic...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing Thames Water into special administration.
Answer: The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation, and Ofwat continues to engage with Thames Water. The company remains stable, and it would be inappropriate to comment in detail on hypothetic...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure a (a) secure and (b) affordable water supply for households.
Answer: The Government is committed to a twin track approach to improving water supply resilience. This involves action to reduce water company leaks and improve water efficiency, alongside investing in new supply infrastructure, including new reservoirs and wate...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGrouse MoorsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the environmental impact of grouse moor management.
Answer: There are no current plans to undertake an assessment.
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: National ParksDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the state of nature in national parks.
Answer: The new Government is committed to making Protected Landscapes greener, wilder and more accessible. We are currently considering the best way to do this. To support this, Defra is working with the National Parks and National Landscapes to improve data on ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPeatlands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help restore peatlands.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of England’s peatlands. Currently, peatland restoration is funded via the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme. After 2026, peatland restoration will be primarily funded through Environmental Land Management sc...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBirds: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the decline of UK seabirds.
Answer: Ensuring nature’s recovery is a top priority for this Government. This is why the Government has announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to deliver on our legally binding environment targets, including reversing the decline in...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of farming funding on the Government's ability to reach it's (a) nature recovery and (b) net zero targets.
Answer: The level of farming funding in future financial years will be confirmed as part of the Government’s spending review. We know farmers require stability in order for the Government to reach its nature recovery and net zero targets. We have already started ...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make cuts to the agricultural budget.
Answer: As is typical, the farming budget beyond this year will be part of the Government’s spending review. This Government recognises that food security is national security. We said we would provide stability for farmers and we are delivering on this commitmen...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordClimate Change ConventionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help prepare for COP29.
Answer: COP29 is a crucial moment for global action on climate change. The UK is working closely with the incoming COP29 Presidency and other partners to make it a success. Shared priorities include agreeing a new global climate finance goal, encouraging ambitiou...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps Government is taking to meet its 2030 nature recovery targets.
Answer: In England, we have committed to halting the decline in species abundance by 2030. The UK Government is also committed to protecting 30% of the UK’s land and sea by 2030, and to playing our part in achieving the global 30by30 target adopted at the UN Biod...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that home-to-school transport is provided for all children aged between 16 and 18 with special educational needs and disabilities.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. Local authorities are responsible for transpo...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4161More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to consolidate the number of national pay bargaining units in the civil service.
Answer: Pay arrangements for civil servants below the Senior Civil Service are delegated to departments. Under the framework of delegation, each department and agency has the power to determine its own terms and conditions of employment and is therefore a separat...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on levels of homelessness of unfreezing local housing allowance.
Answer: The Government recognises that homelessness levels are too high and there are a range of contributing factors. We will look carefully at these issues as we develop our strategy for ending homelessness. Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have not been fro...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing AllowanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on levels of local housing allowance.
Answer: Ministers and officials in the department have regular conversations with counterparts in the DWP on a range of issues.The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was restored to the 30th percentile of local market rents from April 2024 for one year.Any future deci...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will review the Right to Buy policy for social housing.
Answer: The Government believe it is right that those social tenants who have lived in their homes for many years retain the right to purchase their property at a reasonable discount. As such, we will not be ending the Right to Buy scheme.We are, however, committ...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFinancial ServicesTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4157More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to introduce a National Financial Inclusion strategy.
Answer: Ensuring all individuals have access to the appropriate financial services and products they need is a key priority for Government and is vital to supporting people’s financial resilience and wellbeing. It is also an essential part of achieving inclusive ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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