Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Water Supply: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how water (a) supply and (b) drainage vulnerabilities will evolve in the next decade in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers and set out how they plan to continue to supply water to their customers through statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). These plans must demonstrate how t...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring arrangements her Department has for measuring the performance of water companies in meeting service standards in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers and set out how they plan to continue to supply water to their customers through statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). These plans must demonstrate how t...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what strategy her Department has to improve the resilience of water infrastructure in Buckinghamshire.
Answer: Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers and set out how they plan to continue to supply water to their customers through statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). These plans must demonstrate how t...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what communication her Department has had with academy trusts in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency on attendance improvement plans.
Answer: The department engages regularly with academy trusts on attendance improvement through a range of channels. In the last academic year, we hosted 12 regional conferences for secondary school and trust leaders focusing solely on the attendance challenge thr...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring arrangements her Department has in place to evaluate the impact of the attendance improvement roadmap on pupil outcomes.
Answer: To monitor progress against our journey to return to pre-pandemic levels of attendance and beyond, the department collects comprehensive attendance data to track trends and identify what is working well and where the system needs support. Our world leadin...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support mechanisms her Department has in place for schools in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency considered at risk of failing to meet attendance improvement targets.
Answer: Tackling absence is central to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Children attended over 5.3 million additional days in the 2024/25 school year compared to the 2023/23 school year, with over 140,000 fewer pupils persistently a...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what baseline data her Department uses to determine school-specific attendance improvement targets.
Answer: The department uses a combination of national and school-level data to determine each school’s attendance baseline improvement expectation (ABIE), which sets out the minimum improvement expected over an academic year. ABIEs include a context-based factor,...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to schools in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency on minimum attendance improvement targets.
Answer: Tackling absence is central to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Children attended over 5.3 million additional days in the 2024/25 school year compared to the 2023/23 school year, with over 140,000 fewer pupils persistently a...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of HS2 construction on ancient woodland in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: A Phase One Ancient Woodland Strategy was published in 2017. It provided a full assessment for how building HS2 would affect ancient woodlands and details each individual woodland that was forecast to be impacted, based on the design at the time of submis...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Environment ProtectionDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to reduce the potential impact of HS2 construction on ancient woodland.
Answer: A Phase One Ancient Woodland Strategy was published in 2017. It provided a full assessment for how building HS2 would affect ancient woodlands and details each individual woodland that was forecast to be impacted, based on the design at the time of submis...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the HS2 Woodland Fund on Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: A Phase One Ancient Woodland Strategy was published in 2017. It provided a full assessment for how building HS2 would affect ancient woodlands and details each individual woodland that was forecast to be impacted, based on the design at the time of submis...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Environment ProtectionDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with HS2 Ltd on reducing the environmental impact of HS2 construction.
Answer: The Secretary of State requires that HS2 Ltd minimises its environmental impact throughout construction and operation. This includes through the Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs) for the scheme. The EMRs include an Environmental Memorandum and a C...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with HS2 Ltd on the potential impact of HS2 construction on ancient woodland in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: A Phase One Ancient Woodland Strategy was published in 2017. It provided a full assessment for how building HS2 would affect ancient woodlands and details each individual woodland that was forecast to be impacted, based on the design at the time of submis...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Care Services: BuckinghamshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what workforce planning measures he has implemented to support the delivery of home-based NHS care in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: This Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure that the National Health Servic...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Care ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of home-based NHS care on hospital admissions.
Answer: Whilst no comprehensive quantitative assessment has been made, we recognise that home and community-based National Health Services play a crucial role in preventing admissions for people with conditions that can be safely managed in the community, thereby...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Care Services: BuckinghamshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes have received home-based NHS care in each of the last three years.
Answer: NHS England does not hold data on the number of patients in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes who have received home-based National Health Service care in each of the last three years.The NHS provides a range of services in peoples’ homes such as communit...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to (a) monitor and (b) report progress on establishing new national forests.
Answer: All grants funded by the Nature for Climate fund are subject to the appropriate scrutiny as outlined in Defra’s Integrated Assurance and Approvals Strategy including checks on feasibility and value for money.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure local communities are involved in the management of new national forests.
Answer: Community engagement is central to the approach we will encourage these new national forests to apply, and reflects the approach embedded by the original National Forest in the Midlands, which is managed by the National Forest Company. As an illustration ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Nation to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting, published on 5 November 2025
Answer: The design of the new forests will be led by delivery partners on the ground, so exact species mix is not known at this time. The woodlands created will be designed for multiple functions including recreation, flood management, timber production and wild...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled Nation to benefit from two new national forests backed by £1 billion investment in tree planting, published on 5 November 2025,
Answer: We intend to announce further details on the planned timetable for the OxCam corridor national forest in due course. Details of the competition for the third new national forest will also be published in due course.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Trade BarriersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure smaller food and drink producers in Buckinghamshire can access government support for reducing trade barriers.
Answer: Our global network of 16 agrifood and drink attachés are breaking down market access barriers and creating new export opportunities, delivering benefits to businesses in Buckinghamshire and across the UK. So far this year we have pulled down 41 trade barr...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Trade BarriersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of support for reducing trade barriers relates to non-tariff barriers.
Answer: Our global network of 16 agrifood and drink attachés are breaking down market access barriers and creating new export opportunities, delivering benefits to businesses in Buckinghamshire and across the UK. So far this year we have pulled down 41 trade barr...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordExports: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trade facilitation interventions on export volumes from Buckinghamshire.
Answer: Our global network of 16 agrifood and drink attachés are breaking down market access barriers and creating new export opportunities, delivering benefits to businesses in Buckinghamshire and across the UK. So far this year we have pulled down 41 trade barr...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Trade BarriersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she uses to prioritise businesses in accessing support for reducing trade barriers.
Answer: Our global network of 16 agrifood and drink attachés are breaking down market access barriers and creating new export opportunities, delivering benefits to businesses in Buckinghamshire and across the UK. So far this year we have pulled down 41 trade barr...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Trade BarriersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of support for reducing trade barriers has been allocated to food and drink producers in Buckinghamshire.
Answer: Our global network of 16 agrifood and drink attachés are breaking down market access barriers and creating new export opportunities, delivering benefits to businesses in Buckinghamshire and across the UK. So far this year we have pulled down 41 trade barr...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
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