Claire Young MP: written questions
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Energy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the number of smart meter failures broken down by (a) installing company, (b) type of smart meter and (c) local authority.
Answer: Statistics are available on the number of smart meters not operating in smart mode, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/smart-meters-statistics. A breakdown of this figure by energy supplier is published by Ofgem (https://www.ofgem.gov...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of recent trends in the level of smart meter failures (a) during installation and (b) in the weeks after installation.
Answer: While the Department collects data on the number of smart meters not operating in smart mode, this does not differentiate between when meters are impacted. The latest Government statistics on smart meter installations to end December 2024 were published o...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support community energy projects.
Answer: Through Great British Energy we will turbocharge community energy. Our Local Power Plan will mean communities taking back control of their energy, bringing cheap clean power and energy security. I look forward to further details being announced as the GBE...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: ComplaintsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the role of the Local Government Ombudsman to encompass academy trusts.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education is the principal regulator for academies. All academies are required to have a complaints process which adheres to Part 7 of the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. This set...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: ComplaintsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what independent mechanisms exist to appeal decisions on upholding complaints against academy trusts.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education is the principal regulator for academies. All academies are required to have a complaints process which adheres to Part 7 of the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. This set...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that unlawful academy trust admissions policies are amended for future admissions rounds.
Answer: Once a school’s admission arrangements have been determined, anyone who believes they are unfair or unlawful may submit an objection to the Schools Adjudicator.Where the Adjudicator determines that a school’s admission arrangements are unlawful, the admis...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the suggested guideline for issuing authorities of 12 weeks for the renewal of Blue Badges on people with disabilities.
Answer: The Department for Transport is responsible for the legislation that governs the Blue Badge scheme and provides guidance for local authorities who are solely responsible for administering the scheme, including issuing/re-issuing badges. There are no times...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in renewals of Personal Independent Payments (PIP).
Answer: DWP continues to prioritise new claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ensuring claims are processed and awarded as soon as possible. However, with limited capacity and resources, this means some customers are waiting longer than expected for their...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support is available for self-employed workers in receipt of Universal Credit that experience a short-term fall in their earnings.
Answer: Customers who are new to gainful self-employment are eligible for a 12-month 'start-up period’, during which the Minimum Income Floor does not apply. This means that if a customer experiences a drop in their earnings, their Universal Credit award will inc...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Self-employedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the minimum income floor on self-employed workers that are unable to work for brief periods due to (a) health issues and (b) care responsibilities
Answer: No assessment has been made. The level of the MIF is equivalent to what a person in employed work in similar circumstances to the customer could expect to earn at living or minimum wage for their age. The MIF is therefore tailored to a customer’s individu...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza : Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with its international counterparts on (a) coordination and (b) information sharing in the context of the circulation of highly pathog
Answer: Wild waterbirds of the orders Anseriformes (for example, ducks, geese, and swans) and Charadriiformes (for example, gulls, terns, and waders) are considered the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses. Their migratory patterns and interactions with k...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGame: BirdsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the current research his Department is conducting on the impacts of gamebird releases includes looking at the impacts of mallard releases.
Answer: The current research my Department is conducting on the impacts of gamebird release does not include looking at impacts of mallard releases.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza and Notifiable DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) mallard and (b) other gamebird rear and release facilities where cases of (i) highly pathogenic avian influenza and (ii) other not
Answer: My Department holds information on the release of Pheasants and Red-legged partridges on and within a 500m buffer of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England for the last four years for SACs and two years for SPA...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza and Notifiable DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) mallards and (b) other gamebirds of which species have been destroyed at rearing and release facilities due to (i) highly pathogen
Answer: Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza and Notifiable DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) mallard and (b) other gamebird rearing and release facilities have been found to be infected with (i) highly pathogenic avian influenza and (ii) which other notifiable dis
Answer: Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle extra-judicial imprisonment.
Answer: The UK is committed to working with partners bilaterally, and at the UN, to end arbitrary detention, advocate for those who have been arbitrarily detained, and demand accountability. The UK is a vocal supporter of the Canadian initiative against the use o...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing river dredging to help reduce flooding on agricultural land.
Answer: Dredging and clearing channels is an important option for watercourse maintenance, where it is technically and cost effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for others and is environmentally acceptable. For many locations, there are more effe...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether entitlement to a defined benefit occupational pension affects entitlement to Universal Credit if that pension is not drawn.
Answer: It has been a long-standing policy of successive governments to encourage people to save for their retirement. Universal Credit is a means-tested benefit and takes occupational and personal pensions into account when the customer receives that income unde...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil DisorderMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to strengthen communities in the aftermath of the recent riots.
Answer: The Government has made £15 million available to the places most severely affected by disorder through the Community Recovery Fund to support the immediate recovery. Officials from my department have also carried out an extensive engagement process with t...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Seas and OceansDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to use maritime spatial planning to identify areas with high potential for the development of offshore wind energy.
Answer: In October 2024, the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments jointly commissioned the NESO to produce a Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) for Great Britain. This more strategic approach to planning will help accelerate the government’s clean energy superpow...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: Mobile PhonesHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to improve the effectiveness of data collection from mobile phones by the police in relation to crime.
Answer: The Digital Forensics Programme (DFP) scopes, develops and delivers innovative solutions to ensure policing can use high quality technology to tackle the rising volumes of digital forensics work, including forensic examinations of mobile phones, more effi...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Job CreationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 901850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector.
Answer: Our recently announced Clean Industry Bonus will help to drive investment in our heartland and coastal communities, and in cleaner supply chains – creating economic opportunities in the supply chains of the future. We have also set up the Office for Clean...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to communicate the recent changes to the Right to Buy scheme to eligible social housing tenants.
Answer: The government made clear in its manifesto that it intended to review the increased right to buy discounts introduced in 2012 and reiterated this in a Written Ministerial Statement on 30 July. The Right to Buy discounts review was published alongside the ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support (a) people with dementia and (b) their carers.
Answer: NHS England has recently refreshed the RightCare Dementia Scenario. This sets out best practice for supporting people with dementia. NHS England has also funded an evidence-based improvement project to fund two trusts in each region, 14 sites in total, to...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of incentivising people serving non-violent custodial sentences to undertake more community service work.
Answer: Prisoners serving non-violent custodial sentences currently can access community service work through Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) during the custodial element of their sentence. Prisoners are eligible to be considered for ROTL once they have serve...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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