Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Written questions
British Overseas Territories: Economic SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Department has established metrics for tracking economic diversification outcomes in supported Overseas Territories.
Answer: The Department assesses the financial sustainability of long-term UK-funded capacity-building projects through its business case process, annual reviews and Project Completion Reviews. During delivery, sustainability is monitored through quarterly progres...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Areas: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what framework the Department uses to evaluate rural supply-chain resilience projects funded by public programmes.
Answer: The effectiveness of public programmes is reviewed according to standard Government evaluation guidance. This usually includes process, impact and value for money criteria against the stated objectives of each grant scheme.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste ManagementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department has formal requirements for suppliers receiving support to report on waste-reduction outcomes.
Answer: We are responding on the basis that this question relates to reporting under the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme and the Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) system for domestic waste, and specifically on the support that obligate...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what performance indicators are used to review the effectiveness of food sector capital incentives.
Answer: Investment is through grants to sustainable farming and food production businesses and prioritised in terms of where it delivers most value. Applications are assessed against published criteria.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Areas: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department records skills gaps identified by rural enterprises applying for Government support.
Answer: Defra provides funding to rural businesses via the Rural England Prosperity Fund. The fund is devolved to local authorities, and each individual eligible local authority are responsible for running their own rounds of funding. Defra does not record skills...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment criteria are used for evaluating applications to food industry investment programmes.
Answer: Investment is through grants to sustainable farming and food production businesses and prioritised in terms of where it delivers most value. Applications are assessed against published criteria.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Areas: BusinessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department has established measurable targets for rural business productivity improvements supported by public funding in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: We have not set productivity targets specifically for businesses in rural areas. Defra provides funding to rural businesses via the Rural England Prosperity Fund. Each individual eligible local authority is responsible for running their own rounds of fund...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRegulation: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department uses to determine which sectors are prioritised for UK-EU regulatory co-operation.
Answer: The Government does not use a single fixed set of metrics. A range of data is utilised, including the importance of sectors impacted and the level of regulatory burden businesses are facing. The UK-EU Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) includes a series of...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department takes to record UK public sector participation in EU-linked research consortia.
Answer: Information on European Commission-led programmes, such as Horizon Europe, is collected by the Commission. This data is publicly available and includes details on successful consortia, including UK public sector organisations. It can be found in the R&...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: DefenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has agreed trackable benchmarks for UK-EU security collaboration programmes.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, working with Cabinet Office, Ministry of Defence and other partners are closely tracking and assessing delivery of the UK-EU Security and Defence Partnership. We hold six-monthly dialogues with the EU led ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what procedures are in place for cross-border data exchange within UK-EU institutional partnerships.
Answer: UK and EU organisations that transfer personal data in the context of institutional partnerships can rely on respective applicable arrangements that facilitate the free flow of such data. These are known as adequacy decisions Following EU exit, the UK leg...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what metrics are used to evaluate UK participation in joint regulatory co-operation forums with the European Union.
Answer: The Government does not use a single fixed set of metrics. A range of data is utilised, including the importance of sectors impacted and the level of regulatory burden businesses are facing. The UK-EU Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) includes a series of...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Government DepartmentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has formalised reporting requirements for departments that experience repeated cyber incidents.
Answer: The Government Cyber Security Policy Handbook sets clear expectations for departments to follow in the event of a cyber incident, including the communication plans that departments need to have in place to notify relevant bodies and organisations. The Gov...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has a framework for evaluating cyber-security workforce shortages within the public sector.
Answer: DSIT has a number of different mechanisms for evaluating the public sector’s cyber workforce. DSIT completes an annual Cyber Security Skills in the UK Labour Market Survey, which identifies key challenges facing the public sector’s cyber security workforc...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Central Government and Local GovernmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what arrangements exist for sharing threat intelligence between central Government and local authorities.
Answer: The Government Cyber Coordination Centre (GC3) shares intelligence across government and the public sector, enabling organisations to better understand and defend against the cyber threat GC3 and the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (M...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Public SectorCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95497More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used by his Department to determine which public systems require mandatory zero-trust security measures.
Answer: The Department applies a risk-based assessment framework, underpinned by secure by design methodology including structured threat modelling, to determine which public systems require mandatory zero-trust security measures. Systems handling sensitive data,...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what mechanisms the Government uses to assess public sector compliance with national cyber security standards.
Answer: GovAssure is the cyber security assurance scheme for assessing the critical systems of government organisations. The scheme was launched in April 2023 and DSIT recently initiated the scheme’s third year of operations. GovAssure requires government organis...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what impact assessment his Department has made of increased Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership membership on trade flows to and from the Buckingham and Bletchley cons
Answer: According to the published Impact Assessment, the UK’s accession to CPTPP will help boost the South East’s economy by around £450 million in the long run. However, no analysis was undertaken at a constituency level. HMRC statistics show that 2024 trade fl...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what specific measures his Department will offer companies located in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency to help them navigate any non-tariff barriers emerging from Comprehensive and Progressive
Answer: My officials engage extensively across the UK and overseas to assess opportunities and identify non-tariff barriers arising from CPTPP membership. This includes hosting targeted events and webinars to promote the utilisation of the Agreement, providing up...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on regulatory alignment for UK businesses resulting from future Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership rule-reviews.
Answer: Assessment of the effects of regulatory alignment under the CPTPP Agreement relate to the CPTPP Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Chapter.While this chapter does not require regulatory alignment, it encourages greater transparency for CPTPP members to be ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what framework his Department intends to put in place to help small and medium sized enterprises in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency engage with Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Tra
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade provides practical CPTPP guidance for businesses via business.gov.uk market pages. This covers policy areas such as rules of origin, preferential tariffs and digital trade, as well as sector-specific guidance for CPTP...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department will take to assess the opportunities for businesses in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency to benefit from recent developments in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agre
Answer: Last week, I met with other CPTPP Ministers in Melbourne, where they agreed to launch accession talks with Uruguay, held trade and investment dialogues with both the EU and ASEAN, and agreed on areas where the CPTPP Agreement can be improved. These develo...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to ensure integrated care boards covering the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency have the capacity to deliver palliative and end of life care closer to home.
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England. The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life, including in the Buckingham and Bl...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming palliative care and end-of-life care framework on the provision of palliative care services in Buckingham and Bletchley consti
Answer: The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England. The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life, including in the Buckingham and Bl...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Milton KeynesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of a standard class annual rail season ticket from (a) Bletchley and (b) Milton Keynes to London Euston was in 2010.
Answer: The cost of an annual season ticket in 2010 between London and a) Bletchley was £3,316 and b) Milton Keynes was £3,832.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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