Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Immigration: Children and Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the reformed routes to private life for young adults and children introduced under Appendix Private Life to the Immigration Rules 2022.
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026. Details of the earned settlement scheme, including any transitional arrangements for those already in t...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunications Ombudsman: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of communication ombudsman timescales on consumers.
Answer: The Government has not undertaken any recent assessment of the Communications Ombudsman and has no plans to do so. It is Ofcom’s duty under the Communications Act 2003 to approve and review Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes for UK communication...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunications Ombudsman: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of communications ombudsman processes on consumer confidence in dispute resolution services.
Answer: The Government has not undertaken any recent assessment of the Communications Ombudsman and has no plans to do so. It is Ofcom’s duty under the Communications Act 2003 to approve and review Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes for UK communication...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOmbudsman: AppealsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98936More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the right of appeal following final ombudsman decisions.
Answer: The Cabinet Office has no plans to review the existing arrangements for challenging final ombudsman decisions.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunications Ombudsman: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has plans to undertake a review of the consistency of decision-making of the communications ombudsman.
Answer: The Government has not undertaken any recent assessment of the Communications Ombudsman and has no plans to do so. It is Ofcom’s duty under the Communications Act 2003 to approve and review Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes for UK communication...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunications Ombudsman: StandardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) impartiality and (b) evidential handling procedures used by the communications ombudsman when determining compl
Answer: The Government has not undertaken any recent assessment of the Communications Ombudsman and has no plans to do so. It is Ofcom’s duty under the Communications Act 2003 to approve and review Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes for UK communication...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been referred to Professional Standards Unit in last five years, how were they categorised and how many were (a) upheld and (b) rejected.
Answer: The Professional Standards Unit (PSU) received 1265 referrals of complaint between 1 April 2020 to 5 December 2025The complaints were categorised as, Assault, Corruption, Failure in Duty or Care, Honesty and Integrity Issues, Racism and other Discriminati...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 95260 on Home Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure any training delivered to local authorities is holistic and trauma informed.
Answer: The department is engaging with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Children Not in School registers to ensure that all data protection risks have been identified and mitigated before any processing of da...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 95260 on Home Education, if her Department will publish a forecast of the funding to be provided to support local authorities to fulfil their new duties und
Answer: The department is engaging with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Children Not in School registers to ensure that all data protection risks have been identified and mitigated before any processing of da...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 95259 on Home Education, whether home education experts were consulted on any training that may be needed for frontline workers collecting data for the Chil
Answer: The department is engaging with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Children Not in School registers to ensure that all data protection risks have been identified and mitigated before any processing of da...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 95258 on Children: Abuse, whether her Department has consulted with the organisations listed specifically on the risk of (a) increased amounts of children's
Answer: The department is engaging with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Children Not in School registers to ensure that all data protection risks have been identified and mitigated before any processing of da...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 95257 on Children: Data protection, if she will publish a Data Privacy Impact Assessment on the entire Bill.
Answer: A single Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) cannot be conducted on the entire Bill. DPIAs are intended to evaluate specific data processing activities that may present high risks to individuals’ data protection rights, rather than entire pieces of l...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 95257 on Children: Data protection, whether her Department has consulted with the ICO on the safety of the increased amount of children's data to be held on
Answer: The department is engaging with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Children Not in School registers to ensure that all data protection risks have been identified and mitigated before any processing of da...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Remains: SalesHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to stop the sale of human remains on ecommerce sites.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response given to her on 25 March 2025 from the Department for Business and Trade in response to PQ 38667.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Remains: SalesHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with ecommerce sites on the online sale of human remains.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response given to her on 25 March 2025 from the Department for Business and Trade in response to PQ 38667.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Remains: SalesHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of real human remains being advertised for sale on ecommerce sites.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response given to her on 25 March 2025 from the Department for Business and Trade in response to PQ 38667.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Credits: StudentsTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95347More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of (a) introducing National Insurance credits for periods spent in full-time higher education and (b) allowing individuals to make voluntary National Insuranc
Answer: Qualifying years of National Insurance on an individual’s NI record can be built in several ways; by paying National Insurance contributions (NICs) while working (employed or self-employed); by being credited with NI credits; or by paying voluntary NICs. ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department plans to provide Local Authorities with extra funding to support training of social workers and council workers to improve understanding of home education.
Answer: The department ran a public consultation on the proposed duties and measures for Children Not in School in 2019. The consultation was open to all to contribute, including academic experts in educational pedagogy, and the department responded in 2022. We h...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department consulted academic experts in pedagogy in home education on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: The department ran a public consultation on the proposed duties and measures for Children Not in School in 2019. The consultation was open to all to contribute, including academic experts in educational pedagogy, and the department responded in 2022. We h...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: AbuseDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has consulted with a) NSPCC, b) Women's Aid, and c) other charities, on the potential implications of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on children who have been victims of abuse
Answer: The department has engaged with a number of charities on policies where they have a direct interest, as part of wider consideration of the Bill’s impact on children and families.We have spoken to the NSPCC on multiple occasions about the Bill and have e...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to carry out a data privacy impact assessment for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: The department is ensuring that measures outlined in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill align with data protection principles, as set out in the Data Protection Act 2018, UK General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR) and the Data (Use and Access...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRosyth Dockyard: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the projected cost of the planned infrastructural improvements at Rosyth Dockyard; whether the improvements will require the removal from the dockyard of radioactively contaminated equipment.
Answer: The preliminary plans for infrastructure upgrades at Rosyth Dockyard have been approved and industry has been engaged to begin processing the scheme design. Once the scheme design is complete, final costs for the project will be negotiated. The work will ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevonport Dockyard: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the projected cost of the infrastructural improvements at HMNB Devonport, Plymouth; when is the expected completion date; and whether the improvements involve the removal of radioactively contaminated equ
Answer: Current capabilities which would be used to defeat cruise missiles, drone swarms and ballistic missiles include existing Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force capabilities. Type 45 destroyers, Ground Based Air Defence, Combat Air platforms and supp...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordClyde Naval Base: Radioactive WasteMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the new Establishment Management Plan at HMNB Clyde will address and remedy radioactive leaks into the loch.
Answer: The Establishment Management Plan at His Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde does not include actions to monitor and manage any potential discharges of radioactive material into surrounding environments. Its focus is on maintaining safe, secure, and high-qu...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordComprehensive Test Ban TreatyMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the review made of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) methodology as mentioned has been undertaken last year in the Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2025 annual report.
Answer: The United Kingdom has no plans to publish its Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) methodology. The methodology revalidated our approach to warhead design and certification which is, and will remain, in compliance with the CTBT. We ratified the CTBT in 1...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
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