Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
British Nationality: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned an impact assessment on proposals to increase fees associated with adult citizenship applications.
Answer: An Impact Assessment has been published alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2025/9/pdfs/ukia_20250009_en.pdf) which sets out an estimate of the proposed fee changes, were they to inc...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to increase the fees associated with applications for child citizenship.
Answer: An Impact Assessment has been published alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2025/9/pdfs/ukia_20250009_en.pdf) which sets out an estimate of the proposed fee changes, were they to inc...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what revenue has the Exchequer received from child citizenship applications since the fee waiver was introduced.
Answer: An Impact Assessment has been published alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2025/9/pdfs/ukia_20250009_en.pdf) which sets out an estimate of the proposed fee changes, were they to inc...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fee waiver requests for child citizenship applications have been (a) submitted, (b) accepted and (c) rejected in the last 12 months.
Answer: An Impact Assessment has been published alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2025/9/pdfs/ukia_20250009_en.pdf) which sets out an estimate of the proposed fee changes, were they to inc...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCulture, Practices and Ethics of the Press InquiryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to enact the recommendations of the Leveson Report on press regulation.
Answer: The Government has clearly laid out its priorities in the manifesto and in the King’s speech, and the second part of Leveson is not among them.
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordService Charges: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a new regulator for service charges.
Answer: As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the government will consult on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act’s service charge and litigation costs provisions this year, bringing these measures into force as quickly as...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Rents and Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of (a) freezing rents and (b) capping service charges for housing association social tenants.
Answer: Individual circumstances will vary, not least depending on whether tenants receive Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit to help pay their rent, and whether they are affected by the total benefit cap or the removal of the spare room s...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure housing associations who raise rents for social housing tenants above inflation are using the increased revenue to invest in building new ho
Answer: Housing associations use income from social housing rents to deliver services to their tenants, manage and maintain their homes to the required standards, and invest in new homes.Government does not place requirements on housing associations to use rental...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) changes in the number of housing association social tenants in rent arrears and (b) increased rents.
Answer: Individual circumstances will vary, not least depending on whether tenants receive Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit to help pay their rent, and whether they are affected by the total benefit cap or the removal of the spare room s...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support housing association social tenants in rent arrears.
Answer: The government is clear that social landlords should seek to sustain tenancies and should only evict as a last resort.Landlords will, when managing their social housing schemes, provide advice and assistance to those struggling financially, including sign...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordService ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent overcharging of service charges by (a) councils, (b) housing associations, (c) private landlords and (d) intermediary managing agents.
Answer: As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the government will consult on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act’s service charge and litigation costs provisions this year, bringing these measures into force as quickly as...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordService Charges: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of challenges brought to the English First-tier Property Tribunal against (a) councils, (b) housing associations, (c) private landlords a
Answer: As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), the government will consult on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act’s service charge and litigation costs provisions this year, bringing these measures into force as quickly as...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic OrderHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is preparing reviews on the operation of sections (a) 73 and (b) 74 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 in accordance with those sections.
Answer: Section 73(5) and Section 74(7) placed a duty on the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a report on the operation of sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, as amended by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.The Government pub...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making women with endometriosis eligible for flu vaccinations.
Answer: Eligibility for the seasonal influenza vaccination programme is based, each year, on the expert advice and recommendations of the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) with the aim to protect those most at risk of serious illn...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct Authority: DebtsTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26077More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of extending the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory perimeter so that it can tackle (a) poor and (b) misleading debt advice delivered by insolvency practitioners a
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of individuals receiving accurate and reliable information when they are considering an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA). When administered well, IVAs provide a debt solution to people who aren’t eligible for...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct Authority: DebtsTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26076More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the exemption from Financial Conduct Authority rules on debt advice for IVA providers.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of individuals receiving accurate and reliable information when they are considering an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA). When administered well, IVAs provide a debt solution to people who aren’t eligible for...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInsomnia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make Sleepio accessible to NHS patients in Lambeth.
Answer: Sleepio is available for local commissioning by integrated care systems should they choose to commission this product, as part of local insomnia care and treatment pathways.No central assessments relating to funding or availability of this product are cur...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of alcohol harm; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implement
Answer: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has an action plan to reduce drug and alcohol-related deaths. In light of the recent data, this plan is being revised to ensure that it is grounded in the latest understanding of the drivers of drug...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTanzania: Indigenous PeoplesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Tanzanian counterpart on alleged reports of (a) forced evictions, (b) excessive use of force and (c) arbitrary detention of Maa
Answer: The British High Commission in Dar es Salaam continues to meet with stakeholders on this issue, including the Government of Tanzania, Maasai community leaders and civil society representatives, to better understand the challenges faced by all parties. Thi...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Prostate Cancer Audit's report entitled NPCA State of the Nation Report 2024, published January 2025, what steps he is taking to tackle inequalities preventing Black
Answer: To address disparities and find ways to better detect prostate cancer earlier, we have invested £16 million in the United Kingdom-wide TRANSFORM trial, aimed at helping find the best ways of detecting prostate cancer in men, even if they are not displayin...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric ScootersDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes on pavements on pedestrians.
Answer: The use of e-scooters and e-bikes on pavements is unacceptable and can have serious impacts on pedestrians, both by causing injuries and by making it much harder for pedestrians to get about. Privately owned e-scooters cannot be legally ridden either on r...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre InquiryHome OfficeTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21024 on Migrants: Detainees, if she will specify whether each Brook House Inquiry recommendation has been (a) accepted, (b) partially accepted, (
Answer: 30 out of the 33 recommendations made by the Brook House Inquiry have been accepted or partially accepted. Following full consideration three recommendations (recommendations 7, 19 and 30) have been rejected.Positive progress continues to be made against ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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