Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Digital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the level of digital exclusion in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Everyone in every community should benefit from technology. That’s why we published the Digital Inclusion Action Plan in February 2025. In July we published the results of our new annual Public Engagement Survey, showing nationally and regionally how adul...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what further data she plans to collect to identify geographical disparities in digital exclusion (i) nationwide and (ii) in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Everyone in every community should benefit from technology. That’s why we published the Digital Inclusion Action Plan in February 2025. In July we published the results of our new annual Public Engagement Survey, showing nationally and regionally how adul...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: TrainingDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the contribution that improving essential digital skills could make to (i) economic growth and (ii) labour market participation in Buckingham and Bletchle
Answer: Improving essential digital skills supports both economic growth and labour market participation. Over 80% of jobs require digital skills, yet 7.1 million labour force adults lack those needed for work. Evidence shows every £1 invested in digital skills t...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to strengthen the role of public libraries in providing digital skills to people experiencing digital exclusion.
Answer: Public libraries are among the most trusted places people turn to for help getting online. They break down barriers to digital opportunity through free Wi-Fi, public PCs, ebook and audiobook lending, and support accessing essential services. Through the £...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of locally delivered digital inclusion programmes in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Everyone in every community should benefit from technology. That is why we launched the £11.9m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, including £137,227 for a Milton Keynes digital skills project supporting low-income families. The Fund showed that digital in...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to target digital inclusion support at areas with the highest levels of digital exclusion in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Everyone in every community should benefit from technology. That is why we launched the £11.9m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, including £137,227 for a Milton Keynes digital skills project supporting low-income families. The Fund showed that digital in...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCompanies: FinanceDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of public finance institutions to support companies through successive stages of growth.
Answer: The government continually reviews the capacity of its Public Finance Institutions alongside reviewing the availability of finance for businesses and recognises the importance of supporting firms through every stage of growth. The government has strengthe...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordIndustry: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24386More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of greater co-ordination between public finance institutions to increase investment in strategically important sectors identified in the industrial strategy.
Answer: The government has assessed how Public Financial Institutions can work together more effectively while each institution addresses specific market gaps.This has led to the establishment of the UK’s Public Investment Roundtable. This forum strengthens coord...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInvestmentTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24385More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that increased investment by public finance institutions crowds in additional private capital.
Answer: Crowding in private capital is a core objective of public financial institutions (PuFIns), with investment principles and targets in place to ensure public capital provides additionality and mobilises private investment.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAustralia: Defence EquipmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-Australia defence technology co-operation creates opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in relevant supply chains.
Answer: UK-Australia cooperation on advanced radar technology is being considered as part of wider work to understand future radar options and their implications for UK sovereign defence industrial capability. No final procurement decision has been taken. Any fut...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAustralia: Defence EquipmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK-Australia co-operation on advanced radar technology on sovereign defence industrial capability.
Answer: UK-Australia cooperation on advanced radar technology is being considered as part of wider work to understand future radar options and their implications for UK sovereign defence industrial capability. No final procurement decision has been taken. Any fut...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPeople SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the ability of Border Security Command to identify links between organised immigration crime networks operating (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling organised immigration crime and disrupting the criminal networks that facilitate illegal migration. The recently published Border Security Command Annual Report sets out how the Border Security Command is bringing t...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPeople Smuggling: International CooperationHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of cross-border intelligence-sharing arrangements in disrupting organised immigration crime.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling organised immigration crime and disrupting the criminal networks that facilitate illegal migration. The recently published Border Security Command Annual Report sets out how the Border Security Command is bringing t...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVenture Capital: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24380More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to venture capital tax incentives on investment in UK companies at Series (i) A and (ii) B stages.
Answer: At the last Budget, the government announced a package of entrepreneurship tax measures designed to provide substantially enhanced support for scaling businesses across the UK. This includes doubling the maximum amount that a company can raise through...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: RegulationTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24379More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (i) Financial Conduct Authority and (ii) Bank of England on the regulatory implications of increased cross-border use of stablecoins between the UK and the United States.
Answer: The Government has had close and ongoing engagement with the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England on the UK approach to stablecoin regulation, including the risks and opportunities associated with cross-border use cases.This engagement has supp...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: RegulationTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24378More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK-US regulatory co-operation on the ability of smaller UK financial services firms to compete internationally.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK remains an open and connected financial centre, while upholding high international regulatory standards. The US is the UK's largest financial services trading partner and a key partner in promoting growt...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: ViolenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on developing a co-ordinated approach to sanctions against individuals responsible for serious acts of violence in the
Answer: The UK continues to engage closely with international partners in relation to settler violence, settler terrorism, and wider violence and insecurity in the West Bank. In June, the UK announced co-ordinated sanctions with international partners targeting i...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: ViolenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to improve the collection and preservation of evidence relating to serious acts of violence in the West Bank.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Foreign Secretary's statement in the Commons on 8 September.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of local authorities to implement fast-track care pathways for people with motor neurone disease.
Answer: We continue to work with local authorities and other delivery partners to understand the capacity, workforce, and wider support required to deliver a fast-track pathway for people with motor neurone disease as we develop that pathway.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a national fast-track pathway for people with motor neurone disease on waiting times for social care assessments in (i) Buckinghamshire and (
Answer: We continue to work with local authorities and other delivery partners to understand the capacity, workforce, and wider support required to deliver a fast-track pathway for people with motor neurone disease as we develop that pathway.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordResearch: Immigration ControlsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on aligning immigration policy for researchers with the industrial strategy.
Answer: The government wants to ensure that immigration policy supports the UK’s science and innovation sectors, including the growth driving sectors identified in the Industrial Strategy. The UK’s competitive visa system offers multiple routes to attract highly ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordResearch: VisasHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24372More
Question: o ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the retention rate of researchers recruited through the Global Talent visa.
Answer: The Home Office monitors a range of information relating to the performance of the Global Talent route, including researchers, through administrative data, official statistics and route evaluations. Information on Global Talent visa grants and extensions ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordResearch: VisasHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of international researchers recruited through the Global Talent visa on productivity.
Answer: The Home Office monitors a range of information relating to the performance of the Global Talent route, including researchers, through administrative data, official statistics and route evaluations. Information on Global Talent visa grants and extensions ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with international partners on establishing common regulatory standards for non-animal methods in medicines development.
Answer: The Government is engaging with international regulators and partners to support the global acceptance of validated non-animal methods for medicines development. Through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, we are strengthening regulatory confidence...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to make the UK as a leader in establishing internationally recognised standards for validating non-animal methods for use in medicines developme
Answer: The Government is positioning the UK as a global leader in alternative methods by strengthening regulatory confidence, investing in validation infrastructure and supporting the development, validation and uptake of non-animal methods. Through the Replacin...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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