Bernard Jenkin MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Elections: EssexMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his decision for postpone the Mayoral election in Essex, if he will make an estimate of the cost to local authorities of the preparations for that election, including
Answer: No assessment has been made by central government. Spend on these elections is a matter for the relevant local authorities.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
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Nuclear Regulatory ReviewDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which Ministers are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the recommendations of the Nuclear Regulatory Review 2025; and if he will set out the timeline for their implementation.
Answer: The recommendations of the Taskforce will radically move the dial on the regulatory regime for civil and defence nuclear in this country, and ministers from a number of government departments will have a role in overseeing the implementation of the recomm...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
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A1331: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on allocating funding for the proposed A1331 link road.
Answer: £100m from the Housing Infrastructure Fund has been provided to Essex County Council to deliver Phase 1 of the A1331 Link Road, which is under construction. We have been working closely with the council and are expecting them to submit a formal request to...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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Cabinet Office and Civil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84133More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will investigate the source of internal Government briefings on the future of the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service; and if the Prime Minister will make a statement.
Answer: The Cabinet Secretary continues to have the support of the Prime Minister. They are working closely together to deliver on the priorities of the British public.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
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Statutory InstrumentsLeader of the HouseTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68335More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, if she will publish a list of the statutory instruments made since the last general election and set out the provisions in the parent act of Parliament which are relied upon to provide statutory authority for the making of
Answer: The information requested can be found at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Liverpool Street StationDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on the surrounding heritage buildings.
Answer: The initial plans brought forward by a previous developer have now been replaced by a revised scheme. This new approach seeks to address heritage concerns while preserving the benefits of commercial development. Crucially, it enables significant improveme...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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Liverpool Street Station: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on the economy.
Answer: The redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station will enable £500m investment in the busiest station in the UK at no cost to the taxpayer. Officials in my Department are engaged with Network Rail Property and Planning teams around the redevelopment proposal...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of local government reorganisation in Essex.
Answer: The overall case for local government reorganisation is set out the English Devolution White Paper.A PWC 2020 report estimated that reorganisation of the then 25 two-tier areas to a single unitary would have a one-off cost of £400 million, with the potent...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27507More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) officials and (b) advisers are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) Number 10 Downing Street.
Answer: Data on the number of officials in the Cabinet Office is published monthly at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-workforce-management-data-2023-to-2024 and Business Unit level data including for Business Units in Number 10 Downing S...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Community Diagnostic Centres: Essex and SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 6 January 2026 on Health and Adult Social Care Reform, Official Report, Column 597, where new diagnostic centres in (a) Essex and (b) Suffolk will be based.
Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, published on 6 January 2025, sets out that we will deliver additional community diagnostic centre (CDC) capacity in 2025/26 by expanding a number of existing CDCs and building up to five new ones. Capital investment agreed at the...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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