Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Financial Services: IndiaTreasuryTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42092More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to support the establishment of (a) fintech bridges and (b) equivalent co-operation frameworks with India.
Answer: India is an important emerging market, and we maintain several collaboration vehicles for discussing regulatory and market access barriers in financial services. Most recently there was a UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue held in GIFT City in December 2...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: IndiaTreasuryTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42091More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress her Department has made on financial sector reform to facilitate bilateral investment flows between the UK and India.
Answer: India is an important emerging market, and we maintain several collaboration vehicles for discussing regulatory and market access barriers in financial services. Most recently there was a UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue held in GIFT City in December 2...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: IndiaTreasuryTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42090More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's timetable is for thee next phase of the UK-India financial services regulatory dialogue.
Answer: India is an important emerging market, and we maintain several collaboration vehicles for discussing regulatory and market access barriers in financial services. Most recently there was a UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue held in GIFT City in December 2...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of staff in further education colleges in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department recognises the vital role that further education (FE) staff and providers play in equipping learners with the opportunities and skills that they need to succeed in their education and to drive growth in our economy.The department will be sp...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support further education colleges to secure industry-standard vocational training facilities in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced an additional £625 million of funding to support construction skills training, with the detail set out in Spring Statement 2025. This is expected to deliver up to 60,000 additional skille...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of funding structure on the number of apprenticeships available for 16-24-year-olds in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: To support younger people into apprenticeships, the government pays both employers and training providers £1000 when they take on apprentices aged 16 to 18 or apprentices aged 19 to 24 who have an education, health and care (EHC) plan or have been in loca...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of specialist further education provision for students with special educational needs in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department is committed to improving access to educational opportunities for all young people in all parts of the country by ensuring that they can access a quality educational offer that adds value and helps them to achieve their long-term career asp...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support further education colleges to provide post-16 literacy and numeracy education in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department considers level 2 English and mathematics to be essential for enabling students to develop the skills they need to seize opportunities in life, learning and work. That is why we have the mathematics and English condition of funding, which e...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with further education colleges on the impact of post-16 assessment methods on student outcomes in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department knows the importance of ensuring that we have the right balance of assessment methods for students studying post-16 qualifications, so that we can best capture the strengths of every young person, while maintaining the important role of exa...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Experience: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of T Level industry placements in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department works closely with education providers and employers to ensure the availability and quality of T Level industry placements across the country.We do not hold industry placement data at regional level, but our latest national results data sho...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of funding arrangements on the ability for further education colleges to expand existing provision in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: This government inherited a challenging fiscal context which means tough decisions are needed across the public sector. However, the department invested over £7.5 billion in 16-19 programme funding during the 2024/25 academic year to help to ensure that a...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: BuckinghamshireDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve bus services in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: The Government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) Bill on 17 December as part of its ambitious plan for bus reform. The Bill puts the power over local bus services back in the hands of local leaders and is intended to ensure bus services reflect the needs...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: BuckinghamshireDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the condition of roads in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local road network. Data on the condition of local roads is published annually and is available on gov.uk. Buckinghamshire Council and Milton...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: BuckinghamshireHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to community safety initiatives in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: Funding of £627.4 million has been allocated to Thames Valley Police in 2025-25, an increase of up to £40.8 million when compared to the 2024-25 funding settlement.It is for locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners, or Mayoral equivalents, to make d...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of illegal waste dumping have been recorded in Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years.
Answer: Local authorities are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, which the department has published annually since 2012 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-i...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: BuckinghamshireHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in levels of rural crime rates in Buckinghamshire in the last five years.
Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes estimates, from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), on the proportion of adults who had been a victim of crime. This is broken down by whether the household was located in a rural or urban loca...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Valley PoliceHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers have been recruited under the Police Uplift Programme in Thames Valley Police.
Answer: Table U2 of the data tables accompanying the final ‘Police Officer Uplift’ release, covering the position as at 31 March 2023, provides a breakdown of additional officers recruited through the Police Uplift Programme by month since October 2019. These dat...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses to transition to clean energy sources in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: In the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government committed £163 million to continue delivery for all existing projects in Phases 1 and 2 and the first Phase 3 competition window of the IETF (Spring 2024) through to completion. Businesses are eligible to claim up...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation and Renewable Energy: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the capacity to support increased renewable energy generation of the electricity grid in (i) Buckinghamshire and (ii) Milton Keynes.
Answer: Electricity network capacity information is available at the website of each Distribution Network Operator that serves Buckinghamshire. For National Grid Electricity Distribution (which covers Milton Keynes) this can be found at: https://www.nationalgrid....
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many museums have received funding from Arts Council England in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: The Secretary of State announced a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund on 20 February. This will include support to museums, arts and music venues across the country and is a critical step that this Government is taking to help create jobs, boost local ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase participation in youth sport in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: This Government puts children and young people at the heart of our priorities. This includes breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child to access high-quality sport and physical activity, especially those who are less likely to be active. We ar...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArts and Culture: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the development of local arts and cultural organisations in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: The Secretary of State announced a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund on 20 February. This will include support to museums, arts and music venues across the country and is a critical step that this Government is taking to help create jobs, boost local ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: BuckinghamshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to grassroots sports facilities in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes in each of the last five years.
Answer: This Government puts children and young people at the heart of our priorities. This includes breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child to access high-quality sport and physical activity, especially those who are less likely to be active. We ar...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has provided for local infrastructure improvements related to housing development in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes in each of the last fiv
Answer: The table below lists infrastructure projects in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes that have received capital funding through the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), the Land Release Fund (LRF), or the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) to unlock housing ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of households on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: The number of households on social housing registers (waiting lists) in England and for each local authority in England is available each year since 1987 in live table 600 on gov.uk here. The number of households on the housing register (waiting list) is ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
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