Cameron Thomas MP: written questions
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Written questions
Transport: GloucestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport infrastructure in Gloucestershire.
Answer: This Government recognises that dynamic transport infrastructure like the new Arle Court Transport Hub in Cheltenham is essential for helping people go about their daily lives. We have already awarded Gloucestershire nearly £4.2m capital funding for bus s...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Home Country NationalsMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support people who came to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
Answer: The UK has a moral obligation to assist our Afghan friends and allies who served for, with or alongside our Armed Forces in support of UK objectives in Afghanistan. We will honour that moral duty. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) offers a range of packages f...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure health and care worker’s on Tier 2 visa’s are protected from exploitation by their employers.
Answer: The Government condemns the exploitation of international care workers by rogue employers in the adult social care sector and continues to take robust action against this unscrupulous behaviour.If an individual is in danger or at risk of exploitation, we ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is to help ensure that the proposed 1.5 million new homes are carbon neutral.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the 1.5 million homes we will build over the course of this parliament will be high quality, well designed and sustainable.Future standards, to be introduced this year, will set our new homes and buildings on a...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Press: Rural AreasDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote local journalism in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) other rural areas.
Answer: Sustainability of local journalism is an area of particular concern for this Government, across the country and in Gloucestershire and other rural areas.We are developing a Local Media Strategy, in recognition of the importance of this vital sector. Our v...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGarden CommunitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on the future of the garden communities programme.
Answer: Garden Communities are locally-led new settlements or urban extensions. The Garden Communities programme provides support to progress long-term housing projects from their earliest stages. It enables local authorities to recruit specialist staff, undertak...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20883More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government has increased vehicle excise duty for (a) electric and (b) low emission vehicles; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this on trends in the level of consu
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership from which electric vehicles are currently exempt. As announced by the previous Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from April 2025, electric and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles will begin to pay VED ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the backlog of Education, Health and Care Plans in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England.
Answer: The department wants to ensure that, where required, education, health and care (EHC) plan assessments are progressed promptly and, if needed, plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need.Local...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle extreme flooding in (a) Tewkesbury constituency and (b) rural communities.
Answer: This Government is investing £2.4 billion over this year and next year to improve flood resilience by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences – benefitting both rural and urban communities. The Environment Agency is currently working with partn...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18332More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to inheritance tax on (a) small family farm closures and (b) internal food production security.
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. It is expected that up to around ...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that additional funding for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in mainstream schools is equitably distributed in rural areas.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for allocating additional funding from their high needs budgets to mainstream schools for their pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The department is providing an increase of almost £1 billion f...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: SportsHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help tackle anti-social behaviour and (b) cooperate with the police in communities that host large-scale sporting events other than football.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Government recently announced Respect Orders which will be introduced through the Crime and Policing Bill. Respect Orders can be app...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure animal welfare standards are (a) observed and (b) reviewed in the horse racing industry.
Answer: The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), British racing's governing and regulatory body, is responsible for the welfare of racehorses at British racecourses. The BHA works alongside the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare to make horseracing as safe as possible...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
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