Carla Denyer MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Older People: WomenWomen and EqualitiesTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53297More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the views and experiences of older women are reflected in (a) decision-making processes and (b) policy development across departments.
Answer: The Government is clear that equality and opportunity for all are at the heart of our programme of national renewal. This includes actively considering the needs of older women and ensuring that they are not discriminated against. The Public Sector Equali...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 50992 on NHS: Contracts, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of staff working in the National He
Answer: Neither the Department or NHS England intend to centrally collect data on the number of staff working in the National Health Service for non-NHS providers, or information on the differences in terms and conditions between NHS and non-NHS providers, due to...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: International CooperationTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52053More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 28901 on Taxation: International Cooperation, what recent discussions she has had with international counterparts on a UN framework convention on global taxatio
Answer: The UK is committed to strengthening international tax cooperation, and works closely with our international partners from all regions, both bilaterally and multilaterally through international organisations. The UK believes that a UN Framework Convention...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 46236 on NHS: Contracts, what assessment he has made of the number of staff working in the NHS for non-NHS providers (a) nationally and (b) in the B
Answer: Neither the Department nor NHS England hold data on the number of staff working in the National Health Service for non-NHS providers.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTenants' RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47931 on Tenants' Rights, what steps she plans to take to raise awareness among renters in rent-to-rent schemes of their new righ
Answer: The government intends to provide tenants and landlords – including those operating within rent-to-rent arrangements – with a full suite of guidance to help them prepare for the commencement of the Renters’ Rights Bill.We expect our guidance to be suffici...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTenants' RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on renters in rent to rent schemes.
Answer: Tenants living under rent-to-rent arrangements should have legal protections and the same right to redress as other private renters.Rent to rent arrangements can be abused to make it more difficult to identify landlords and hold them to account.The Renter...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy for contracts awarded to non-NHS providers to require those providers to provide pay and conditions on NHS Agenda for Change terms for staff that deliver such services
Answer: The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 allow for terms and conditions of service to be protected or frozen as they stand on the date of transfer to a non-National Health Service employer. This may also cover any pre-agree...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of combining City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements CRSTS 1 and 2.
Answer: Discussions are underway between the department and MCAs, including West of England, on how the transition between CRSTS 1 and CRSTS 2 can be delivered. Some MCAs are also moving towards Integrated Settlements which will enable greater flexibility for pla...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for publishing finalised City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements 2.
Answer: Funding in future years is being considered as part of the current Spending Review, the outcome of which will be confirmed in due course.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the availability of (a) suitably skilled contractors and (b) materials to allow local authorities to meet the 31 March 2027 deadline for investing City Reg
Answer: The Government recognises that investment in transport infrastructure is of critical importance to unlocking national growth and the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) programme has a key role to play in continuing to transform local tr...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for (a) introducing a registration scheme for short-term lets, (b) removing the furnished holiday let rules to ensure all income from property will
Answer: The government remains committed to introducing a national mandatory registration scheme for short-term lets. The initial phase of digital development is now complete, and public testing is planned to start in the next 12 months. Further details about the...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.62 of the Office for Budget Responsibility Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published on 26 March 2025, CP 1289, what assessment she has made of the pot
Answer: The factors affecting affordability in the private rented sector are complex and difficult to disentangle. As well as the size of the total housing stock, they include the movement of tenants into homeownership and social rented housing, house prices, tax...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to require independent schools to (a) identify SEND pupils and (b) provide support to those pupils in line with the (i) SEND Code of Practice and (ii) Children and Families Ac
Answer: Independent schools are regulated against The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, which set out the standards for the education, welfare and safety for pupils attending an independent school. These standards can be accessed at: http...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop new country information for Syria; and when she plans to begin processing (a) asylum claims and (b) settlement cases.
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syri...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHoney: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to align with changes to the EU Honey Directive on labelling published on 14 May 2024.
Answer: Defra, alongside the Food Standards Agency in Wales and Food Standards Scotland, are working together to assess and address issues arising from the EU’s recent amendments relating to the Honey Directive 2001/110/EC. Any decision on future policy will focu...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an impact assessment of the updates to her Department's guidance entitled Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 10 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 25 February to Question 31371.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 902576 on Employment: Asylum, what the gender balance of dependents of asylum seekers is; what assessment she has made of the impact of the rules
Answer: We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is gender sensitive, building on the Government’s wider strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. All decision-makers receive mandatory training on considering asylum claims and must follow ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Sea Oil: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29661More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Equinor and (b) Ithaca have received (i) investment tax credit and (ii) ringfence expenditure supplement in connection to Rosebank oil field development in the period leading up to January 2025.
Answer: It is a long-standing convention that the government does not discuss individual taxpayers, and so the government cannot discuss the amount of tax relief available to individual companies in relation to the oil and gas fields they may have a commercial in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Sea Oil: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29660More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has budgeted for any (a) investment tax credit and (b) ringfenced expenditure supplement to be paid to (i) Equinor and (ii) Ithaca in connection to Rosebank oil field development after Februar
Answer: It is a long-standing convention that the government does not discuss individual taxpayers, and so the government cannot discuss the amount of tax relief available to individual companies in relation to the oil and gas fields they may have a commercial in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: TaxationTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29659More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of new UK oil and gas extraction on (a) GDP and (b) tax receipts in each of the next five years.
Answer: It is a long-standing convention that the government does not discuss individual taxpayers, and so the government cannot discuss the amount of tax relief available to individual companies in relation to the oil and gas fields they may have a commercial in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse was of legal services used by the Government in relation to potential Rosebank oil and gas field development since 4 July 2024; and whether further legal cos
Answer: The Department has paid a total of £26,773 in legal fees relating to the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields since 4 July 2024.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate Bereavement Support Payments annually in line with inflation.
Answer: Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement. It is not a cost-of-living benefit like Universal Credit, which is generally increased in line with inflation. The rate of Bereavement Support Pay...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the value of the Bereavement Support payment.
Answer: Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement. It is not a cost-of-living benefit like Universal Credit, which is generally increased in line with inflation. The rate of Bereavement Support Pay...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: Development Consent OrdersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy to stop issuing development consents for all new oil and gas fields.
Answer: The Government has committed that it will not revoke existing licences and will partner with business and workers to manage our existing fields for the entirety of their lifespan. We have already consulted on revised environmental guidance for development...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to oppose any (a) forcible displacement and (b) ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.
Answer: The Government's objective remans a negotiated two-state solution, with a sovereign Palestinian state, which includes the West Bank and Gaza, alongside a safe and secure Israel. In order to deliver this, it is clear that Palestinian civilians must be perm...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
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