Charlotte Cane MP: written questions
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Inland Waterways: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to monitor levels of pharmaceutical pollution in waterways.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) routinely monitors for over 100 pharmaceuticals within rivers using semi-quantitative methods that are routinely updated as new risks are identified by the EA's Prioritisation and Early Warning System (PEWS). The EA works with ...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWetlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help maintain the Fens.
Answer: Over 600,000 people live in the Fens, the region generates over £58 billion of benefits. Sustaining the system is getting more challenging in the face of a changing climate.Through Fens 2100+ the Environment Agency (EA) aims to transform how it maintains ...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking with (a) retailers and (b) police forces to tackle organised shoplifting.
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level. We will not stand for this.We are ensuring the right powers are in place. Through the Crime and Policing Bill, we are bringing in a new offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect the hardwor...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to support the hospitality sector.
Answer: We recognise that hospitality businesses are at the beating heart of communities, providing not just a place to socialise but essential services and local jobs. That’s why we’re investing £440,000 with Pub is The Hub to help rural pubs diversify, aiming t...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89967More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform business rates for the hospitality sector.
Answer: In April 2026, the Government will introduce permanently lower business rates multipliers for retail, hospitality, and leisure properties with ratable values below £500,000. This permanent tax cut will ensure that eligible hospitality businesses, includin...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on flooding of Aviva's report entitled Building Future Communities, published on 14 October 2025.
Answer: I recently met with Aviva's CEO of UK General Insurance at the second Insurance Roundtable on 13 October and welcome ongoing engagement to improve support to policyholders. This Government has committed record investment in flood and coastal erosion def...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: DyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission data on the number of school-age pupils with dyslexia.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with dyslexia. The SEND code of practice makes it clear that meeting the needs of a child with SEN d...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the Access to Work Scheme.
Answer: The Full Time Equivalent number of staff working on the Access to Work Scheme is currently 540. Notes:The Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figure supplied is as at October 2025. This is the most up to date Data held.The number Access to Work scheme staff has be...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last met with freight companies to discuss the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.
Answer: The Rail Minister regularly meets with the freight industry to discuss a range of issues. The previous government had committed to a number of projects that were unfunded, including the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) EACE will be kept under review. ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in her Department are working 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. 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 recordLegal 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
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