Clive Lewis MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Data Centres: Environmental Impact AssessmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives, published on 16 September 2025, whet
Answer: Developers are responsible for undertaking environmental impact assessments for new data centres, including assessments of water and energy usage. As part of the criteria for hosting an AI Growth Zone (AIGZ), applicants must demonstrate access to sufficie...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: Environmental Impact AssessmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department undertook an environmental impact assessment for the building of new data centres before the announcement of the Tech Prosperity Deal on 16 September 2025.
Answer: Developers are responsible for carrying out environmental impact assessments for new data centres. As part of our criteria for hosting major data centres, such as in AI Growth Zones (AIGZ), we set a minimum requirement of at least 500MW of energy capacity...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy SupplyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives, published on 16 September 2025, what
Answer: In September 2025, we announced the landmark UK-US Technology Prosperity Deal which will help turbocharge the Government’s nuclear and economic growth ambitions. This deal will cut the time it takes to build projects in both our countries, as well as open...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: Labour TurnoverMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on retention rates for prison officers.
Answer: The Department does not publish a ‘retention rate’ for prison officers. The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics includes resignation rates for prison officers, which refers to the percentage of staff with a permanent contract of employment who resigned f...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: StaffMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) train and (b) recruit staff in the prison workforce.
Answer: We know that sufficient and skilled frontline staffing is fundamental to delivering safe, secure, and rehabilitative prisons. We remain committed to ensuring prisons are sufficiently resourced and that we retain and build levels of experience.HMPPS believ...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Government holds on the percentage of prison officers employed via the worker visa route.
Answer: Published visa data is available at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
Answered 6 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Justice of the potential impact of recent changes to the eligibility criteria for skilled worker visas on prison staff.
Answer: On 12 May, the Government published our Immigration White Paper, outlining our future approach to legal migration routes. On 22 July the first phase of changes took effect, including raising the threshold for Skilled Worker visas to graduate level occupat...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the number of contracts for imports of US Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and (b) LNG import infrastructure.
Answer: Liquified natural gas (LNG) is bought and sold on the global market by commercial organisations and, as such, the government does not play a role in securing or assessing contracts. The government works closely with the gas system operator and is confiden...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the (a) start date, (b) end date, (c) annual gas volume, (d) contract value, (e) supplying country, (f) supplying company and (g) importing company of contracts for the imp
Answer: This is not information the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero owns.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policy on LNG imports to the UK of the report entitled Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is aware of the report published in 2024 by the US Department of Energy. DESNZ monitors developments in the global Liquified Natural Gas market closely and considers a wide range of sources in doing ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether UK-US agreements have been made on trade in Liquified Natural Gas.
Answer: We cannot comment on the specifics of live trade negotiations. However, we are continuing talks on a wider UK-US economic deal which will look at increasing digital trade, enhancing access for our world-leading services industries and improving supply cha...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnidentified Flying Objects: Information SharingMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will confirm whether UK cooperation with the Five Eyes Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Caucus is ongoing.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 5 September 2025 to Question 69989.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnidentified Flying ObjectsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has participated in any international groupings focused on unidentified aerial phenomena since May 2023.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has not participated in any international groupings specifically focused on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) since May 2023.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnidentified Flying ObjectsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on unidentified aerial phenomena.
Answer: In over 50 years, no sighting reported to the Department has indicated the existence of any military threat to the UK and for this reason, the MOD ceased to investigate reports of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) in 2009. All relevant materials created...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnidentified Flying ObjectsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned studies into unidentified anomalous phenomena since 2013.
Answer: The Department has not conducted or commissioned any studies into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department receives a share of funds from every F-35 sold to (a) foreign military sales customers and (b) Israel.
Answer: A key part of the overall funding approach for the F-35 is that all F-35 partners who contributed to development costs for the platform are able to recoup elements of the that original expenditure from foreign military sales, relative to their level of in...
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication for the update Greening Government commitments.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 April 2025 to Question 45716.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministry of Defence staff embedded in the F-35 Joint Program Office in Washington D.C. can track where UK-made spare parts are sent.
Answer: The Department does not provide the breakdown of individual UK roles within international programme offices.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the roles held by Ministry of Defence staff embedded with the F-35 Joint Program Office in Washington DC.
Answer: The Department does not provide the breakdown of individual UK roles within international programme offices.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals relating to police use of (a) AI and (b) machine learning technology.
Answer: It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they deploy AI systems. They are accountable to elected Police and Crime Commissioners.AI deployment must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and govern...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) safeguards and (b) oversight her Department has in place to monitor the deployment of AI systems by police forces.
Answer: It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they deploy AI systems. They are accountable to elected Police and Crime Commissioners.AI deployment must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and govern...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the deployment of AI systems will be decided by individual police forces.
Answer: It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they deploy AI systems. They are accountable to elected Police and Crime Commissioners.AI deployment must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and govern...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBedfordshire Police: PalantirHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Bedfordshire Police consulted her Department on appointing Palantir for a pilot scheme trialling AI technology.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that law enforcement has the resources it needs to tackle crime effectively. AI presents an opportunity to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of policing and law enforcement – from automating back-office tasks...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw and Order: PalantirHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with Palantir on the use of its technology by law enforcement.
Answer: It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they deploy AI systems. They are accountable to elected Police and Crime Commissioners.AI deployment must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and govern...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBetter Care FundDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the NHS under the Better Care Fund in each integrated care board area; and where monitoring of that spending is publicly reported.
Answer: For 2025/26, approximately £9 billion is committed to the Better Care Fund (BCF). This includes approximately £3.3 billion provided to local authorities through the local authority BCF Grant, as well as the £5.6 billion NHS Minimum Contribution.2025/26 al...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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