Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Offences against Children: Family CourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the (a) number of cases of child sexual assault brought forward at family court in the last five years and (b) proportion of those cases (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed.
Answer: Sexual offences, including child sexual assault, are heard in the criminal courts. In some cases, the family courts will hear allegations of sexual abuse in public and private law cases but while this information would be recorded in case files it is not ...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRecreation Spaces: SafetyHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect women and girls in or around parks and commons in Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency.
Answer: We have set out an unprecedented mission to halve the level of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. That means working across Government departments to tackle threats to women’s safety in all areas of their lives, including in public space...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31202More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce mechanisms for regular updates to the Overseas Scale Rates to keep in line with inflation.
Answer: As with all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps flat rates expenses, including Overseas Scale Rates, under review. Any decisions on future changes in this area will be taken in the context of the wider public finances.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31181More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the Overseas Scale Rates.
Answer: As with all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps flat rates expenses, including Overseas Scale Rates, under review. Any decisions on future changes in this area will be taken in the context of the wider public finances.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given a custodial sentence for not paying a fine further to a School Attendance Order by (a) race and (b) gender during the 2023-24 school year.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data concerning sentence outcomes by offence as part of the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly ‘Outcomes by offence’ tool which is available at this link: Criminal justice statistics quarterly.However, inform...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of people fined following the issuance of a School Attendance Order in the 2023-24 academic year, broken down by (a) race and (b) gender.
Answer: The department collects aggregate data on penalty notices from local authorities in England through the annual parental responsibility measures attendance census. Information is not collected on measures previously used before issue of a penalty notice, n...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on actions they can take in cases where parents have opted educate their children at home due to (a) dissatisfaction with their school, (b) bullying,
Answer: This government’s mission is to break down barriers to opportunity by driving high and rising standards across the whole education and care system to give every family certainty that they will be able to send their child to a good local school. The depart...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to require local authorities to identify the reasons for which parents opt for elective home education who fall under the category of (a) other, (b) unknown and (c) no reason given.
Answer: This government’s mission is to break down barriers to opportunity by driving high and rising standards across the whole education and care system to give every family certainty that they will be able to send their child to a good local school. The depart...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken to decide on fee waiver applicati
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on the processing of child citizenship fee waiver applications on the gov.uk website. The data shows that over half of the applications submitted in the last quarter were concluded within four weeks, and 99.7% of application...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, what the target timeframe is for deciding on fee waivers for child citizenship.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on the processing of child citizenship fee waiver applications on the gov.uk website. The data shows that over half of the applications submitted in the last quarter were concluded within four weeks, and 99.7% of application...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, if she will provide a breakdown of the time taken to approve fee waiver applications for child c
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on the processing of child citizenship fee waiver applications on the gov.uk website. The data shows that over half of the applications submitted in the last quarter were concluded within four weeks, and 99.7% of application...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, what reasons were given for rejecting fee waiver applications for child citizenship in the last
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on the processing of child citizenship fee waiver applications on the gov.uk website. The data shows that over half of the applications submitted in the last quarter were concluded within four weeks, and 99.7% of application...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, for what reason her Department does not hold specific data on the amount of revenue received from chi
Answer: The Department does not hold specific data on the amount of revenue received from child citizenship applications.We are looking to develop more granular management information during the new financial year 2025-26.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the environmental impact of running artificial intelligence technologies.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. The AI (artificial intelligence) Opportunities Action Plan sets out how we will achieve our AI ambitions by laying the foundations for growth, driving adoption an...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the environmental impact of running artificial intelligence technologies and the UK's Net Zero ambitions.
Answer: The Department regularly engages across Government to promote the sustainable development of AI technologies in line with the UK’s Net Zero goals. This includes inter-departmental collaboration through initiatives such as the recently announced AI Energy ...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue has been raised from citizenship applications since the fee waiver was introduced.
Answer: Since fee waivers were introduced in June 2022 the revenue received for all Citizenship applications - virtually all Naturalisation and Registration - is £734.7m. The data provided covers the period July 2022 to January 2025.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability rights organisations and campaigners her Department is consulting with on planned reforms the disability welfare system; and whether any user-led organisations have been consulted.
Answer: This government is committed to putting the views and voices of disabled people at the heart of all that we do. We have already started discussing the case for reform, including with representatives from the Disability Charities Consortium and the Disable...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to protect private renters from potential evictions and rent hikes as unintended consequences of mandating all private rented accommodation meets EPC C by
Answer: Government is consulting on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. The Renters’ Rights Bill will also put in place new regulations to protect tenants. This includes providing stronger protections to ensure th...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure the provision of adequate funding for demand-led local government services in the next spending review.
Answer: We recognise the challenges that local authorities are facing as demand increases for critical services. Funding allocations from future settlements are subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.The final Settlement for 2025-26 therefore makes ava...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPerinatal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that babies in the third trimester that have been removed from their mother after her death should not be (a) recognised and (b) recorded as stillborn.
Answer: The definition of a stillborn child in England and Wales is contained in the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 section 41, and was amended by the Stillbirth (Definition) Act 1992 section 1(1). This act defines a stillbirth as ‘a child which has issu...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: Temporary AccommodationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to lift the 2011 cap on the amount of Local Housing Allowance that can be reclaimed by local authorities to cover the cost of temporary accommodation.
Answer: We continue to keep the subsidy paid to local authorities under review and appreciate that local authorities are subject to many funding pressures. However, any increases to the subsidy paid to local authorities would require a Budget (rather than as part...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase Local Housing Allowance rates in line with inflation.
Answer: The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was introduced in 2008 and determines the maximum housing support for tenants in the private rented sector. Claimants in similar circumstances living in the same area are entitled to the same maximum rent allowance regard...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made and assessment of the inclusion of measures of deprivation as part of funding reform for local government.
Answer: Building on the measures in the 2025-26 Local Government Finance Settlement, the Government is committed to introducing an improved and updated approach to funding local authorities from 2026-27.We are inviting views on our principles and objectives for f...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGreater London AuthorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give local authorities in London a formal decision-making role in any future Integrated Settlement applied to the Greater London Authority.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024 the Government committed to exploring how the Integrated Settlement policy could be applied for the Greater London Authority from the 2026-27 financial year onwards, taking into account the capital’s unique devolution arrangements. T...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to establish a formal shared decision-making arrangement between the Mayor of London and local authorities.
Answer: The Government remains committed to engaging local authorities, including London Borough Councils, and the wider local government sector on the detail of our reforms set out in the English Devolution White Paper. As part of this process, it will be import...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
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