Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Financial Services: RegulationTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the discussions on non-bank financial intermediation during the UK–US Financial Regulatory Working Group discussions, in June 2025, on UK financial
Answer: On 3 June, HM Treasury hosted the US Treasury and regulators for the UK-US Financial Regulatory Working Group. The Joint Statement outlines the discussions, including on non-bank financial intermediation, and can be found here. HM Treasury, the Bank of En...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Assets: RegulationTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62913More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has established any formal mechanisms with her US counterpart on regulatory coordination for digital asset supervision following the meeting of the UK–US Financial Regulatory Working Group meeting in Jun
Answer: The Chancellor and US Treasury Secretary Bessent have now engaged on multiple occasions, and have stressed the importance of international collaboration in financial services. This includes continued UK-US engagement to support the use and responsible gro...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has set specific targets for the number of (a) self-sampling cervical screening tests distributed and (b) samples received from self-sampling cervical screening tests among d
Answer: Target setting is currently under consideration by NHS England.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of self-sampling on levels of uptake for cervical screening among (a) socioeconomic and (b) ethnic groups.
Answer: The Department undertook an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) into the introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling in under-screened populations, which will be published shortly. The findings of this EQIA, which considered national and intern...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for the national rollout of self-sampling kits to people who have previously been less likely to have had cervical screening under the NHS Cervical Screening Prog
Answer: NHS England will roll out human papillomavirus self-sampling from early 2026.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the steps it plans to take to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of self-sampling for cervical screening compared with clinician-taken samples.
Answer: The Department is guided on screening policy by the UK National Screening Committee. The committee is working with National Institute for Health and Care Research and NHS England to develop an In Service Evaluation that will evaluate the clinical effectiv...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people from groups that have previously been less likely to have had cervical screening who will be offered self-sampling kits under the NHS C
Answer: This information is not held at the requested geographical level.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing the Direct Pay option on levels of compliance with child maintenance payments among non-resident parents.
Answer: Reforms will introduce a single service where all payments will be monitored enabling the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to identify missed, late, or partial payments in real time. This will enable swift enforcement action to restore compliance and incre...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the Universal Credit deductions priority order on the (a) volume and (b) timeliness of child maint
Answer: The Fair Repayment Rate (FRR) was implemented as a permanent change on the 30 April 2025. This measure reduces the overall deductions cap from 25% to 15% of a customer's Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance. This will enable approximately 1.2 million ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of current Direct Pay cases in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire that will transition to the Collect and Pay service following the implementat
Answer: Estimates of reform impacts are not available for local areas. Recent numbers of paying parents and arrangements in the Direct Pay service at regional level are available on Stat Xplore [Stat-Xplore - Table View]. There will be two clear options for paren...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign DebtTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62431More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to incorporate the findings of the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt into (a) future international development and (b) trade policy frameworks.
Answer: The mission of the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt is to work closely with the private sector to drive pragmatic, market-based solutions that support long-term, stable capital flows to emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) and improve o...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign DebtTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62430More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the work of the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt on the (a) accessibility and (b) resilience of sovereign borrowing frameworks in emerging market
Answer: The mission of the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt is to work closely with the private sector to drive pragmatic, market-based solutions that support long-term, stable capital flows to emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) and improve o...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign DebtTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62429More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt will play in shaping the UK’s approach to sustainable debt financing in developing economies.
Answer: The mission of the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt is to work closely with the private sector to drive pragmatic, market-based solutions that support long-term, stable capital flows to emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) and improve o...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled £380 million boost for creative industries to help drive innovation, regional growth and investment, published on 23 June 2025, how she p
Answer: The Sector Plan contains ambitious proposals to bolster growth in the creative industries across the UK. It includes a universal offer to drive growth in the creative industries in any place in the UK, outlining new measures to break down barriers such as...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Maternity and Neonatal TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what governance arrangements will oversee the (a) reporting lines and (b) accountability mechanisms of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce.
Answer: The Government is establishing a National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce, chaired by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and made up of a panel of experts as well as family, charity, and staff representatives. Bringing ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the special measures on the competitiveness of other UK steel manufacturers not subject to intervention under the Steel Industry (Special Measures
Answer: The Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act gives the Government the power to direct British Steel, and its workforce, to keep the blast furnaces running safely. Our priorities remain continuing production, stabilising operations and remedying critical heal...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure alignment between the special measures for British Steel and the UK’s obligations under international trade and subsidy control agreements.
Answer: During the development of the Special Measures Act my department ensured that the Government’s actions were and remain consistent with our obligations under international trade and subsidy control agreements. We remain mindful of those obligations as we w...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the lifting of local connection tests for the specified vulnerable groups on social housing demand and allocations in (a)
Answer: Regulations were laid on 19 June to ensure that young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse across England do not face unfair barriers to accessing social housing.My Department will be monitoring the impact at local authority level through the Local ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Care Leavers and Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring systems will be introduced to ensure consistent exemption of victims of domestic abuse and young care leavers from local connection tests in all English local aut
Answer: The department will monitor the implementation of the exemption of victims of domestic abuse and young care leavers from local connection tests for social housing in all English local authorities through the Local Authority Housing Statistics data collect...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Housing BankMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes to Homes England’s structure or governance her Department is making to designate its subsidiary as a Public Financial Institution under the National Housing Bank pro
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 18 June 2025 (HCWS712).
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Housing Bank: Small BusinessesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department plans to use to decide which equity and loan products the National Housing Bank offers to SME developers within its initial £16?billion capital alloc
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 18 June 2025 (HCWS712).
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef and Ethanol: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the (a) ethanol and (b) beef quotas agreed as part of the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal.
Answer: On 16 June, we announced concrete progress towards the implementation of the UK-US trade deal as agreed on 8 May. The US Executive Order confirmed that the US will put in place the agreed quota for car exports to the US, reducing US tariffs from 27.5% to ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Economic Prosperity Deal on the UK’s domestic beef sector and associated supply chains.
Answer: As part of the US deal, we have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef – with UK farmers given a guaranteed quota for 13,000 metric tonnes of beef exports at a very low tariff rate (for example, 4.4 cents per kg on many products). For the first time ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the Government’s planned timetable is for laying legislation to implement the preferential duty-free quota for US beef imports under the Economic Prosperity Deal.
Answer: On 16 June, we announced concrete progress towards the implementation of the UK-US trade deal as agreed on 8 May. The US Executive Order confirmed that the US will put in place the agreed quota for car exports to the US, reducing US tariffs from 27.5% to ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms have been agreed with the United States to monitor compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary standards under paragraph 2(a) of the General Terms.
Answer: On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to ag...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
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