Claire Young MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Flood 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
Original Parliament recordTourism: TaxationTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16352More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of a tax on tourism.
Answer: We have no plans to introduce a tax on tourism.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.72 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on social care of a £600 million investment.
Answer: This Government recognises the pressures on councils delivering social care services. Including the £600 million of new grant funding announced at the Autumn Budget, the Government is providing over £10 billion in 2025-26 Settlement funding for social car...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: ExemptionsTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15878More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to exempt (a) academy trusts, (b) further education colleges, (c) the NHS and (d) other public services from the increase to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: As set out in the Autumn Budget, the government has set aside funding to support the public sector with employer National Insurance Contributions. The Government plans to update Parliament on allocations by department in the usual way as soon as possible....
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: DisabilityTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15877More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason her Department categorises social care providers specialising in supporting working-aged disabled adults as businesses rather than public services.
Answer: As set out in the Autumn Budget, the government has set aside funding to support the public sector with employer National Insurance Contributions. The Government plans to update Parliament on allocations by department in the usual way as soon as possible....
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: SubsidiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reallocating subsidies for burning bioenergy towards lower carbon renewables.
Answer: The Government has set an ambitious target of clean power by 2030 as part of its mission to become a clean energy superpower. We have received advice from the NESO on how to achieve this target. We will review this advice and outline our approach to clean...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: Nature ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has plans to embed nature as a core priority in (a) the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan and (b) other energy planning frameworks.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to protecting nature. That’s why as part of the SSEP we are requiring NESO to give due consideration to environmental impacts and statutory environmental duties throughout all stages of its production. The SSEP will also ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGreat British EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on giving GB Energy a nature recovery duty.
Answer: Great British Energy will be operationally independent and will deliver in line with a statement of strategic priorities. Its projects will be subject to all relevant environmental legislation, which the Secretary of State regularly engages cabinet collea...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPeatlands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the target for peatland restoration to help meet net zero targets.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of England’s peatlands, and in our manifesto, we committed to expanding nature-rich habitats such as peatlands. Our peatland restoration targets will support the Government’s mission to make Britain a clean-energy ...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: ApprenticesHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring there are consistent, high standards for entry into the police and that police training is of the highest quality. Maintaining professional standards in policing is key to ensuring the workforce is equipped to resp...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with the Ministry of Justice to (a) reduce court delays and (b) ensure timely hearings.
Answer: The Home Office recognises the significant delays in the courts system and the impact that this has on victims. The Home Office works closely with the Ministry of Justice and other criminal justice partners to deliver improvements and build a criminal jus...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the funding formula for police forces to ensure that it is proportionate to (a) population and (b) demand.
Answer: The government will consider police funding, including the allocation of funding to forces including, in the round as part of phase 2 of the Spending Review.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHearing Aids: BatteriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential risk to vulnerable people of the accidental ingestion of hearing aid batteries.
Answer: In terms of the Department’s policy on rechargeable hearing aids on the National Health Service, audiology services are locally commissioned and as such the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing adults lies with local NHS commissioners. In J...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHearing Aids: BatteriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the yearly cost to the NHS is of the provision of replacement hearing aid batteries.
Answer: In terms of the Department’s policy on rechargeable hearing aids on the National Health Service, audiology services are locally commissioned and as such the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing adults lies with local NHS commissioners. In J...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHearing Aids: BatteriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on the provision of rechargable hearing aids on the NHS.
Answer: In terms of the Department’s policy on rechargeable hearing aids on the National Health Service, audiology services are locally commissioned and as such the responsibility for meeting the needs of non-hearing adults lies with local NHS commissioners. In J...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900457More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps is she taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure the adequacy of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Answer: We want all children and young people with SEND or in alternative provision to receive the support they need. This government will listen to and work with families and the sector to deliver reform, improving inclusivity in mainstream schools, and ensuring...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide capital funding to Air Ambulance charities.
Answer: The Department and the National Health Service continue to support the work of air ambulance charities, including through the NHS ambulance trusts’ provision of key clinical staff and medical equipment, which supports the operation of air ambulances.
Answered 8 Oct 2024
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