Clive Lewis MP: written questions
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Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it has conducted an impact assessment of the recent announcement to reduce its development budget to 0.3% of Gross National Income by 2027.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 19 March outlining the UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for the period up to 2028-29, and the accompanying documentation setting out the impact of ...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to address disparities in hourly rates in relation to national funding for nurseries.
Answer: The department uses the early years national funding formulae (EYNFF) to distribute the early years entitlements budget to local authorities. The EYNFF determine local authority hourly funding rates by taking into consideration the different costs of deli...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how calculations of national funding rates by age group for nurseries are currently conducted.
Answer: The department uses the early years national funding formulae (EYNFF) to distribute the early years entitlements budget to local authorities. The EYNFF determine local authority hourly funding rates by taking into consideration the different costs of deli...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there has been any considerations to stop working with unregulated private clinics in prescribing gender-affirming care for adults.
Answer: Unregulated private services pose a risk to patient safety as they are not subject to the same regulatory oversight as services registered with the Care Quality Commission. This includes private online services.It is for an individual general practitioner...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an impact assessment into the policy paper on Home Office immigration and nationality fees, due to increase from 8 April 2026, has been conducted.
Answer: Where changes to fee legislation are made, Impact Assessments are produced which identify potential impacts resulting from the changes.The published Impact Assessment includes discussion of the impacts of the fees that are due to increase from 8 April 202...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC: Pilot SchemesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC proposals in A BBC For All to pilot audience forums such as citizens assemblies.
Answer: The government welcomes the BBC’s response to the Charter Review Green paper titled ‘A BBC for All’, and will consider its contents within Charter Review policy development.The government launched the BBC Charter Review last year. The Green Paper set out ...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC proposals in, A BBC For All, that all future Non-Executive Director (NED) appointments to the Board should follow a de
Answer: The government welcomes the BBC’s response to the Charter Review Green paper titled ‘A BBC for All’, and will consider its contents within Charter Review policy development.The government launched the BBC Charter Review last year. The Green Paper set out ...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC proposals, A BBC For All, to ensure the BBC’s funding level is subject to effective and transparent scrutiny.
Answer: The government welcomes the BBC’s response to the Charter Review Green paper titled ‘A BBC for All’, and will consider its contents within Charter Review policy development.The government launched the BBC Charter Review last year. The Green Paper set out ...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC: Royal ChartersDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC's document entitled a A BBC For All to remove a fixed expiry date on the BBC’s Royal Charter.
Answer: The government welcomes the BBC’s response to the Charter Review Green paper titled ‘A BBC for All’, and will consider its contents within Charter Review policy development.The government launched the BBC Charter Review last year. The Green Paper set out ...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications CablesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternate infrastructure to replace copper wire ADSL systems.
Answer: ADSL relies on the copper based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The PSTN is increasingly unreliable and prone to failure. In 2024/25 there were over 2,600 major incidents on the PSTN, each affecting 500 or more customers. This is why industry ha...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will adopt negotiating objectives for addressing international legal barriers, particularly those arising from investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), during the First Con
Answer: The Government is committed to driving the global transition away from fossil fuels and will be represented at senior level at the Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Government is aware of the interest in ISDS, and in line with HMG’s ...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: ConferencesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether a representative of his Department will attend the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, hosted by the Colombian and Dutch governments.
Answer: The Government is committed to driving the global transition away from fossil fuels and will be represented at senior level at the Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Government is aware of the interest in ISDS, and in line with HMG’s ...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: Ethnic GroupsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the safeguards in place to mitigate racial and other bias in the use of retrospective facial recognition technology.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMICFRS) to conduct an inspection of police and relevant law enforcement agencies’ use of retrospective facial recognition. The detail of the inspection and publication of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: Police National DatabaseHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is in place relating to the thresholds at which retrospective facial recognition searches of the Police National Database may be operated.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMICFRS) to conduct an inspection of police and relevant law enforcement agencies’ use of retrospective facial recognition. The detail of the inspection and publication of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Idemia facial recognition algorithm for Home Office strategic facial matching will be rolled out across police forces.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMICFRS) to conduct an inspection of police and relevant law enforcement agencies’ use of retrospective facial recognition. The detail of the inspection and publication of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to determine the number of people who may have been wrongly arrested or questioned by police as a result of incorrect facial recognition matches produced by the Cognitec FaceV
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMICFRS) to conduct an inspection of police and relevant law enforcement agencies’ use of retrospective facial recognition. The detail of the inspection and publication of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who may have been wrongly arrested or questioned by police as a result of incorrect facial recognition matches produced by the Cognitec FaceVACS-DBSc
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMICFRS) to conduct an inspection of police and relevant law enforcement agencies’ use of retrospective facial recognition. The detail of the inspection and publication of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: MicroplasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to UIN 89500, if she will publish a list of water companies which confirmed the use biobeads.
Answer: As Water Minister I have written to water companies to reiterate how unacceptable the pollution incident at Camber Sands is. Letters of response are currently being analysed and will be used for development of our understanding of bio-bead usage across th...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to UIN 107393, where the Minister responded that "there was not a formal working group for the White Paper", to clarify whether her Department intends to issue a correction to
Answer: The Government’s water White Paper states that we established ‘numerous working groups’ for the purpose of developing the policies behind our extensive reforms, as opposed to a single formal working group for the White Paper. We have clarified this is our...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) she or (b) any members of her Department met or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.
Answer: We utilise a range of international suppliers based on operational requirements, value for money, and compliance with our security and legal obligations, with all suppliers subject to rigorous due diligence.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she or (b) any members of her Department met or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.
Answer: No such meetings took place.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he or (b) any members of his Department met or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.
Answer: Neither my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, nor any members of the Department have met or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir Technologies.We utilise a range of international suppliers based on operational requi...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he or (b) any members of his Department met with or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.
Answer: In line with the Humble Address motion agreed on 4 February, any information regarding Mr Mandelson's appointment to, employment in, and withdrawal from, his posting as His Majesty's Ambassador to the United States will be published according to the proce...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RedundancyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of research by Morgan Stanley for Bloomberg published on 26 January 2026 showing that the UK has experienced 8
Answer: The Government notes the Morgan Stanley research. Whilst it is clear that AI will impact the labour market, DSIT’s recently published assessment shows that there is significant uncertainty over the nature and extent of this impact. The new AI and the Futu...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled A new vision for water: white paper, published on 20 January 2026, how members of the working groups were selected; which (a) people and (b)
Answer: A wide range of stakeholders were consulted on reforms through the Independent Water Commission’s Call for Evidence, which received over 50,000 responses. While there was not a formal working group for the White Paper, ahead of publication the Government ...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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