Charlotte Cane MP: written questions
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Written questions
Renewables Obligation: BiofuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what economic analysis his Department has conducted on the potential impact of non-price factors in decisions on whether sub-100MW bioenergy power stations currently supported by Renewable Ob
Answer: Small scale biomass generators have received many years of subsidy support under the Renewables Obligation scheme. These assets begin to roll off the scheme from 2027. Any assessment of further support must fully take into account value for money (includi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: GamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of harmonising gambling tax rates on the horseracing industry.
Answer: There has been ministerial engagement between my Department and His Majesty’s Treasury to ensure that they are aware of the specific way British horseracing is funded and the potential implications of any changes to taxation. Future proposals on Gambling ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken research on the potential impact of the the introduction of multi-year NHS funding for the health elements of children's palliative care on (a) fiscal and (b)
Answer: Children and young people’s hospices do incredible work to support seriously ill children and their families and loved ones when they need it most, and we recognise the incredibly tough pressures they are facing.We are providing £26 million in revenue fun...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 74866 on Palliative Care: Children, when he discussed the potential merits of introducing multi-year NHS funding for the health elements of c
Answer: Children and young people’s hospices do incredible work to support seriously ill children and their families and loved ones when they need it most, and we recognise the incredibly tough pressures they are facing.We are providing £26 million in revenue fun...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of upgrading transport infrastructure upgrades on economic growth.
Answer: Growth is this government’s top priority and formed a fundamental part of the analysis informing the Spending Review. Our significant investment in transport infrastructure will deliver a step-change in transport connectivity across the country, which is ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered removing the requirement for employment candidates to have education, health and care plans in order to obtain flexibility in apprenticeships.
Answer: All education and training providers (including apprenticeships), and other related service providers, have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people, so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled students. ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department provides to Jobcentre Plus employees on the provision of appropriate support for disabled people.
Answer: DWP is committed to ensuring that Jobcentre Plus employees are equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to provide appropriate support to disabled people. All Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) undertake comprehensive learning ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle rural crime.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. Under our Safer Streets Mission reforms, rural communities will be safeguarded, with tougher measures to clamp down on equipment theft, anti-social beha...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Rural AreasMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to legal aid in rural areas.
Answer: People in England and Wales should be able to access legal aid services regardless of where they live, provided they meet the relevant eligibility criteria. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services across the country ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Rural AreasMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with Citizens Advice on legal aid provision in rural areas.
Answer: People in England and Wales should be able to access legal aid services regardless of where they live, provided they meet the relevant eligibility criteria. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services across the country ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Learning Disability and NeurodiversityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage businesses to increase the employment of (a) neurodivergent people and (b) people with learning disabilities.
Answer: In its plan to Make Work Pay, the government committed to raising awareness of all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace. Employers have a key role to play in helping neurodivergent people and people with learning disabilities get into and thrive at wo...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure whether existing policies are rural proofed.
Answer: The Government has made a commitment that all policy decision-making should be rural proofed, ensuring that rural areas are not overlooked and that the intended outcomes are deliverable in rural areas. Defra leads on rural proofing, but individual departm...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of disparities between (a) regions and (b) urban and rural areas in the level of mental health among young people.
Answer: The Department routinely monitors mental health inequalities through robust population-based prevalence surveys. The National Health Service Mental Health of Children and Young People Survey (MHCYPS) provides critical insights into youth mental health pre...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the robustness of rural proofing in Government policy.
Answer: The Government has made a commitment that all policy decision-making should be rural proofed, ensuring that rural areas are not overlooked and that the intended outcomes are deliverable in rural areas. Defra leads on rural proofing, but individual departm...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Ely and East CambridgeshireWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80151More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what data her Department holds on the gender pay gap in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: This Government recognises that gender equality is crucial to achieving economic growth, which is why we are committed to closing the gender pay gap. Currently the national median gap still stands at 13.1%. As part of the Employment Rights Bill, we are ta...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual PayWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80150More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle the gender pay gap.
Answer: This Government recognises that gender equality is crucial to achieving economic growth, which is why we are committed to closing the gender pay gap. Currently the national median gap still stands at 13.1%. As part of the Employment Rights Bill, we are ta...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Rural AreasDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of sports facilities in rural communities.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to sport and leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the country.The ongoing re...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase opportunities for women and girls to participate in grassroots sport.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, are able to participate in sport and physical activity. The This Girl Can campaign, run by our Arm’s Length Body Sport En...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NeurodiversityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support specialist schools in improving the transition for neurodivergent pupils into the workplace.
Answer: Supporting neurodivergent pupils into the workplace is important for all schools, including specialist schools.As set out in the SEND Code of Practice, all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) should be prepared...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: NeurodiversityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of supported apprenticeships for neurodivergent people.
Answer: The government is working to ensure that a learning difficulty or disability is not a barrier to people who want to realise the benefits of an apprenticeship.The Find an Apprenticeship service allows people to identify Disability Confident Employers offer...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupational HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Support with employee health and disability, whether he plans to review the guidance.
Answer: The Support with Employee Health and Disability digital service, which provides tailored guidance for employers managing health and disability in the workplace, including guidance on disclosures, having conversations, legal obligations and making reasonab...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: AgricultureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve health outcomes for agricultural sector workers.
Answer: In line with its published Strategy 2022 to 2032, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) focuses on the most effective and efficient ways to improve the health and safety performance of all industries in Great Britain, including farming. Many of the health...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of farmers' mental health on the level of agricultural output.
Answer: Defra has not done an assessment, but we recognise that poor mental health can have a damaging effect on farm productivity and are supporting farmer specific access to mental health support services through the Farming Welfare Grant.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the mental health of farmers in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: The Government has invested in mental health to ensure it receives the same attention as physical health. This includes the hiring of 8,500 new mental health support workers, which will reduce delays and provide faster treatment closer to people’s homes –...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Ely and East CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of social housing provision in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.
Answer: I refer the hon. Members to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July (HCWS771).
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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