Charlotte Cane MP: written questions 2025
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Animal Welfare: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help tackle animal beatings in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powers available under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The Animal Welfare (S...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy and has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Economy Strategy for England, for which we plan to publish for consultation in the co...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support businesses to take up digital technologies.
Answer: The SME Digital Adoption Taskforce will shortly publish its final recommendations to accelerate digital adoption among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and we are launching pilots to test delivery of support.Our Industrial Strategy set out ambitions, i...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support businesses to invest in skills and training.
Answer: The department’s Industrial Strategy sets out the interventions we will make to help tackle barriers to employer engagement with the skills system. This includes introducing shorter duration and foundation apprenticeships in priority sectors, the introduc...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65516More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 on small and medium sized businesses.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65512More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Act on small high-street businesses.
Answer: The Non-Domestic Rating (Private Schools and Multipliers) Act gained Royal Assent on 3 April, giving the Government powers to introduce the new multipliers announced at Autumn Budget 2024, and removing charitable rate relief for private schools. The new m...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Urban AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.
Answer: This government is committed to supporting high street businesses. DBT is working across government to reform business rates, empower local authorities to address vacant properties through high street rental auctions and to tackling anti-social behaviour ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing residential leaseholds.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Nature ConservationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature through the planning process.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework is clear about the importance of conserving and enhancing the natural environment. Planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising impacts on and provi...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new housing developments have adequate access to infrastructure.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. Local development plans s...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage farmers to farm sustainably.
Answer: The Government is backing British farming. We are prioritising investment that supports the government’s Plan for Change and building on the Secretary of State’s work to reform Defra to drive growth while maintaining a steadfast commitment to farming, foo...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Land UseDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to assess land use changes in applications for new energy infrastructure.
Answer: The implications of land use change are already considered as part of the examination and determination of all applications for new energy infrastructure. In future, optimal locations for energy infrastructure will be identified by the Strategic Spatial E...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: TemperatureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to safeguard critical energy infrastructure against the extreme summer temperatures.
Answer: Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure is highly resilient and designed to operate in a wide range of conditions. The risks to GB's electricity system from extreme heat are low, but in the unlikely event of any impacts, the energy sector has long-stan...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to provide funding for renewable energy sources.
Answer: The Government has proposed a number of reforms to the next allocation round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, to ensure the auction can deliver significant renewable electricity capacity at a fair price to consumers. Great British Energy and Great ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to reduce energy bills.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to Question 59924 on aplastic anaemia tabled on 13 June 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 July 2025 to Question 59924.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards (a) commission children’s palliative care and (b) fund children’s hospices in (i) an equitable and (ii) a sustainable way.
Answer: Palliative care services, including children’s palliative care services, are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising pall...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) continue to provide financial support for children's hospices and (b) increase the level of funding in line with (i) inflation and (ii) rises in costs.
Answer: NHS England has provided £26 million in revenue funding for children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26, through what was, until recently, known as the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant. This was an increase in funding from £25 million in 202...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaemiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that aplastic anaemia is (a) recognised and (b) included on the NHS England website; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing accessibl
Answer: Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as aplastic anaemia.There are over 7,000 rare diseases often needing highly specialised input, and so the National He...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse PassportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to implement a mandatory Digital Equine ID system.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 31 March 2025 to the hon. Member for Windsor, UIN 41275.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support routes into vocational education pathways for people over the age of 22.
Answer: The government supports learners through technical education, including apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps. We are transforming the apprenticeships offer into a new growth and skills offer, which will provide greater flexibility to employers and learner...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the backlog in Access to Work claims.
Answer: We are committed to reducing waiting times for new applications for Access to Work and are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have increased the number of staff processing Access to Work claims and applications from customers who a...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to verify the ethical integrity of supply chains in solar energy developments.
Answer: The Government is clear that no company should have forced labour in its supply chain and we are committed to ensuring that solar developers engage in ethical procurement. Legislation and guidance are in place to help developers take action, and we are ex...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the Sunnica scheme and (b) other solar energy projects do not use components linked to (i) forced and (ii) slave labour in their supply chains.
Answer: The Government does not comment on the details of specific projects. We are, however, clear that no UK company, whether public or private, should have forced labour in its supply chain. Legislation and guidance are in place to help developers take action,...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the merits of applying the same ethical sourcing requirements that apply to Great British Energy to private sector solar developers operating in the UK.
Answer: This Government is clear that no company in the UK, whether public or private, should have forced labour in its supply chain. Legislation and guidance are already in place to help businesses take action against modern slavery, and DESNZ is working across ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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