Chris Bloore MP: written questions
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Food Poverty: RedditchDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of food insecurity levels among households in Redditch.
Answer: Data on the number of households experiencing food insecurity by constituency is not availa-ble due to sample sizes. Statistics on the number of individuals living in households that are food insecure by region in the UK are published annually in the “Fam...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCredit: RedditchTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8305More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people in Redditch using credit to pay for essential household bills.
Answer: The Government recognises that, where household finances are stretched, some people may use credit to cover essential costs. That is why the Government has taken action to ease pressure on household finances, including by taking £150 off energy bills this...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health: RedditchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising living costs on mental health outcomes in Redditch.
Answer: We recognise the effect that financial pressures, such as those caused by rising living costs, can have on some people’s mental health, including in Redditch. The cross-Government, cross-sector suicide prevention strategy for England includes financial di...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of child poverty linked to the cost of living crisis in Redditch.
Answer: The Government is working to address cost-of-living pressures facing families across the country through targeted measures including raising the minimum wage for workers aged 21 and over, which increased by 4.1 per cent to £12.71 an hour. The removal of t...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCost of Living Payments: RedditchDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Redditch are in receipt of cost of living support payments.
Answer: There have been no further Cost-of-Living payments since those issued in the financial year 2023/24. The Cost-of-Living Payments were intended to relieve the immediate financial pressures caused by the rapid rise in cost of living. There are no plans to r...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RedditchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the affordability of private rented housing in Redditch.
Answer: According to the latest Office for National Statistics data, private renters in Redditch spent on average 29.1% of their income on rent. This compares to 29.2% in the West Midlands and 36.3% for England overall.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: DebtsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in household energy debt in Redditch over the last two years.
Answer: The Department has not made such an assessment and does not hold this specific data. The independent industry regulator Ofgem monitors and reports on levels of energy debt in Great Britain, and their latest statistical release can be found here: Debt and ...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordInflation: RedditchTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8299More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of inflationary pressures on household finances in Redditch.
Answer: Higher inflation in recent years has added to pressures on household finances, especially through the price of everyday essentials such as food and energy.The Office for National Statistics does not produce inflationary data at the constituency level. At ...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCost of Living: RedditchDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on low-income households in Redditch.
Answer: The Government is working to address cost-of-living pressures facing families across the country through targeted measures including raising the minimum wage for workers aged 21 and over, which increased by 4.1 per cent to £12.71 an hour. The removal of t...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of grid connection lead times on the delivery of new housing developments.
Answer: Government recognises that grid delays are holding up new housing developments and that action to ensure timely connections for demand is vital for economic growth and decarbonisation. Government has already unblocked delays to housing developments in Wes...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: West Mercia PoliceHome OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of specialist cyber investigators within West Mercia Police.
Answer: Home Office provides additional funding to all tiers of policing to investigate and respond to the harm of cyber crime. At the local tier, this funding is further supplemented by ‘match funding’ from the Police and Crime Commissioners, which maintains a c...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCybercrimeHome OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ransomware as a service operations were disrupted by the Regional Organised Crime Unit network in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Ransomware is the most acute cyber threat facing most UK organisations, and the UK Government is committed to using the full scope of our capabilities to disrupt cyber threats and keep the public safe. The UK takes a multi-layered approach to tackling ran...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking through the Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service to identify AI-generated employment scams.
Answer: The Department takes the risk posed by increasingly sophisticated scams enabled by artificial intelligence very seriously. DWP works closely with partners such as Action Fraud to prevent fraudulent activity online and suspected fraud and scams can also be...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadband: West MidlandsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress toward achieving 99% gigabit accessibility in the West Midlands region by 2032.
Answer: Through a combination of commercial market and government subsidised delivery, government is making good progress towards our gigabit coverage target.Based on Ofcom’s Connected Nations reporting for gigabit coverage in the West Midlands, as of January 202...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: Innovation and ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through the Industrial Strategy's research and development missions to expand innovation capacity in regional manufacturing hubs.
Answer: This government is delivering the Industrial Strategy by directing billions of pounds into high-growth, strategic sectors, such as advanced manufacturing - bridging the gap between university research and commercial scaling.The Advanced Manufacturing Sect...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSovereign AI FundDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Sovereign AI Fund on reducing UK reliance on overseas AI infrastructure.
Answer: The Sovereign AI Fund is designed to strengthen the UK’s capability in strategically important parts of the AI value chain, including compute and infrastructure. Backed by around £500 million, it combines equity investment, access to public compute, R&...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: EnergyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on aligning AI-driven electricity demand forecasts with available grid capacity.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology engages regularly with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to ensure the UK energy system supports growing digital and AI‑driven demand. The Government recognises that rapid...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordData Centres: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of energy infrastructure procurement times on the delivery timeline for nationally significant data centres.
Answer: Government recognises the impact of electricity infrastructure procurement times on data centres and is supporting supply chains and skills across industry through the Sector Growth Plan, to improve demand visibility, strengthen domestic manufacturing, an...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in requiring platforms to detect and label AI-generated content.
Answer: The Online Safety Act takes a proportionate approach to this issue by requiring in-scope services to tackle the most harmful content that is illegal or harmful to children, including where it is AI-generated.The Government will conduct a full statutory po...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the resources required for essential service providers to comply with the mandatory incident reporting requirements of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bi
Answer: The Impact Assessment of the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill provides estimates of the additional costs for businesses that will be impacted by the Bill and is available on GOV.UK.The government is developing further d...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to protect the NHS (a) brand and (b) logo from unauthorised AI-generated deepfake communications.
Answer: The Department’s brand team takes action against cases of potential misuse that are brought to our attention, including artificial intelligence generated or deep fake communications, although we do not comment on the details of individual cases. Reports c...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services and Innovation: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps Skills England is taking to integrate (a) applied financial literacy and (b) technical innovation modules into Level 3 technical qualifications.
Answer: The Curriculum and Assessment Review recommended ways to ensure financial literacy is incorporated into the curriculum throughout all key stages of education, including post-16 education. There are a range of financial education qualifications available f...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking through the Energy Skills Passport to ensure a pipeline of specialist engineers for the (a) construction and (b) maintenance of energy infrastructure.
Answer: In October 2025, Government published the Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which set out the workforce to deliver the clean energy superpower mission and how we will work with industry and trade unions to deliver it. This included announcing support to expand the ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNational GridDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking through the Energy Resilience Strategy to mitigate risks to national grid stability.
Answer: Maintaining the stability and operability of Great Britain’s electricity system is the responsibility of the independent National Energy System Operator (NESO), working with network companies through regulated market arrangements. The Government works clo...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of global gas turbine supply chain lead times on the delivery of dispatchable power capacity.
Answer: As set out in the Clean Power Action Plan, maintaining security of electricity supply in a Clean Power system will require continued reliance on the existing gas fleet as the main mature, reliable source of long-duration flexibility until low-carbon alter...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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