Charlotte Cane MP: written questions 2025
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Legal Aid Scheme: Ely and East CambridgeshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86918 on Legal Aid Scheme: Ely and East Cambridgeshire, by what amount each procurement area exceeds the required minimum number of legal aid providers; and w
Answer: As explained in the answer to Question 86918, procurement areas are different for each category of civil law. The table below sets out details about which procurement area Ely and East Cambridgeshire falls into for each civil category and the number of pr...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86919 on Railways: East of England, if he will take steps to estimate the funding required for Network Rail to undertake detailed planning for the Ely Area
Answer: The previous government had committed to a number of projects that were unfunded, including the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) scheme. EACE will be kept under review. It is a worthy scheme that will be considered for potential progression in the fut...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Ely and East CambridgeshireDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children that have required access to free school meals in each of the last five years in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: The department publishes data on free school meals (FSM) in its annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/202...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department's policy to create a single childcare register to replace the current registration processes.
Answer: It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.There are currently two registers, the early y...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered allowing railcards to be used for (a) weekly, (b) monthly and (c) annual rail tickets.
Answer: Season tickets already provide significant savings to the cost of rail travel, which can exceed the savings provided by railcards in many cases. Although there are no current plans to extend the validity of railcards, the Government recognises their valu...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Ely and East CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of access to dentistry in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: Data on dentistry is available in the Dental statistics – England 2023/24 dataset, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, and available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/den...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to progress the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.
Answer: The previous government had committed to a number of projects that were unfunded, including the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) scheme. EACE will be kept under review. It is a worthy scheme that will be considered for potential progression in the fut...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the (a) freight sector and (b) economy of the time taken to commence work on the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.
Answer: The previous government had committed to a number of projects that were unfunded, including the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) scheme. The EACE was assessed as having a Benefit Cost Ratio of 4.89 against a cost estimate of £489m at Outline Business ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 85514 on Social Security Benefits: Children, what those levers are.
Answer: As outlined in the response by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disability to Question UIN 85514 on 31 October 2025, we will be publishing our Child Poverty Strategy in the Autumn. The Strategy will look at levers across four key th...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGift AidDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88511More
Question: TTo ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act on existing Gift Aid regulations.
Answer: The government consulted on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime and are analysing the responses, including submissions from the charity and not-for profit sector. Officials have met with relevant representatives and individual org...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take legislative steps to exclude charity subscriptions from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
Answer: The government consulted on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime and are analysing the responses, including submissions from the charity and not-for profit sector. Officials have met with relevant representatives and individual org...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85516 on Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling, when she plans to publish (a) the summary of that consultation and (b) her Depar
Answer: A consultation on the latest round of proposed fisheries byelaws, which proposes further restrictions on bottom trawling, closed on 29 September. The Marine Management Organisation is now carefully considering all responses received, and decisions will be...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Ely and East CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November to Question 85518 on General Practitioners: Ely and East Cambridgeshire, if he will commission research to examine the workload of GPs.
Answer: The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).There are currently over 200 projects involving general practice being funded by the NIHR and active as of November 2025. An example of research is NIHR168327...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of GP appointments for the digitally excluded in areas with poor signal (a) coverage and (b) capacity.
Answer: In February 2025, the General Practitioners Committee England agreed to make it a contractual obligation for all general practices (GPs) to offer access to online services throughout core hours, from 08:00 to 18:30, bringing online access in line with wal...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85520 on General Practitioners, what steps he is taking to improve access to GPs for people who are solely reliant on telephone bookings.
Answer: To support patients who depend on telephone bookings, recent contractual changes require all general practices to offer online booking throughout core hours, from 08:00 to 18:30. This is designed to ease pressure on phone lines by allowing those who prefe...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether funding for (a) immediate humanitarian needs and (b) crisis support is provided through the budget for Official Development Assistance.
Answer: Yes.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department last made an assessment of the effectiveness of the (a) planning practice guidance and (b) other aspects of the safety framework for grid-scale batteries.
Answer: In August 2023, the government updated its Planning Practice Guidance to encourage battery storage developers to consult Local Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) before submitting applications and for planning authorities to involve FRSs during public consul...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Ely and East CambridgeshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October to Question 84015 on Legal Aid Scheme: Ely and East Cambridgeshire, what criteria the Legal Aid Agency uses to assess the adequacy of access to legal aid services in Ely and E
Answer: I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 7 November to Question 86918.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Disability and Ethnic GroupsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88052More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the findings from the consultation on the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill: mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, which closed on 10 June 2025.
Answer: We are currently considering the responses to our recent consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting. The findings from the consultation will inform the development of measures in the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, and...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: Ely and East CambridgeshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84891 on Fuel Poverty: Ely and East Cambridgeshire, when he plans to publish regional fuel poverty figures for Ely and East Cambridgeshir
Answer: Subregional fuel poverty statistics are normally published annually in April. The date for the next publication in 2026 will be pre-announced in line with the standards for official statistics. These statistics will provide data for 2024 for regions, loca...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental Health and ProductivityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 85521 on Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity, for what reason the Department does not intend to undertake such research.
Answer: We undertake research where evidence does not exist to inform the policy decisions we take and our future research priorities will in part be guided by the Farming Roadmap when that is published next year. We know from working with farming charities that ...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85523 on Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad, what steps he plans to take to ensure that overseas electors receive
Answer: The responsibility for arranging the timing and dispatch of postal votes sits with the Returning Officer for each electoral area. As such, it falls to them to assess the likelihood of an elector’s postal ballot pack being dispatched, returned and complete...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the funding required for Network Rail to undertake detailed planning for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.
Answer: The Secretary of State updated Parliament on the 7th of July regarding which rail and road infrastructure projects will progress following the completion of the 2025 Spending Review. The Ely Area Capacity Enhancement and upgrades to Haughley Junction were...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Ely and East CambridgeshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October to Question 84015 on Legal Aid Scheme: Ely and East Cambridgeshire, when the Legal Aid Agency last assessed the adequacy of legal aid provision in Ely and East Cambridgeshire
Answer: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) continually assesses supply across all procurement areas. The LAA’s network of regional contract managers located throughout England and Wales provide intelligence-led information based on contact with legal aid service provider...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October to Question 80160 on Apprentices: Special Educational Needs, whether it is his Department's intention to expand this flexibility further.
Answer: Where an apprentice has a learning difficulty or disability which is a barrier to them achieving the standard English and maths requirements, there is the flexibility for them to achieve the lower Entry Level 3 qualification in the adjusted subject. In Au...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
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