Clive Lewis MP: written questions
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Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild dentistry for the long term.We will deliver an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments; reform the dental contract; and introduce supervised toothbrushing for three- to five-year-olds in the most deprived communities.We ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold and Landlords: FraudMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking any steps to (a) identify and (b) tackle fraudulent activity by (i) landlords and (ii) freeholders.
Answer: The reforms introduced in the Renters’ Rights Bill will be underpinned by an effective, consistent and proportionate enforcement framework.We are extending councils’ powers to collect and retain revenue for future enforcement work from financial penalties...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMacquarie Group: AviationDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations from Macquarie Group on increasing the number of flights (a) to and (b) from UK airports.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport has not received representations from Macquarie Group relating to increasing the number of flights to and from UK airports.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Families: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the methodology for engaging with children and families living in poverty under the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce has prioritised hearing directly from children and families in the development of the child poverty strategy.Ministers, special advisors and government officials have taken part in several sessions with children and families to...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Poverty TaskforceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Child Poverty Taskforce has had with children and families living in poverty.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce has prioritised hearing directly from children and families in the development of the child poverty strategy.Ministers, special advisors and government officials have taken part in several sessions with children and families to...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Poverty TaskforceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions on the Child Poverty Engagement Plan in which regions the Child Poverty Taskforce has had with (a) devolved governments, (b) elected mayors, (c) academia, (d) businesses and (e) civil society.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce is engaging with devolved governments, elected mayors, academia, businesses and civil society, as well as children and families across the regions and nations of the UK to shape and inform the Child Poverty Strategy.The Taskfor...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned timetable is for the publication of the Child Poverty Strategy; and whether an (a) interim report and (b) update will be published.
Answer: The Taskforce is on track to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in spring this year as set out in our framework ‘Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy’.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending planning permission regulations to make the local water supplier a statutory consultees in applications to build
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 15758 on 3 December 2024. The hon. Member may also wish to know that we will be introducing secondary legislation later this year to prescribe data centres, gigafactories and laboratories as types of b...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to monitor the water usage of data centres built in AI Growth Zones.
Answer: As part of the Government’s commitment to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38, Defra continues to work with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology, the Department for Business and Trade and the Environment Agency (EA) to ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Data CentresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed plans to make it easier to build data centres on levels of water usage.
Answer: As part of the Government’s commitment to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38, Defra continues to work with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology, the Department for Business and Trade and the Environment Agency (EA) to ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for NHS dentistry.
Answer: A budget of £3.8 billion for primary, community, and secondary dentistry has been allocated to the integrated care boards across England for 2024/25, to deliver new initiatives and address the challenges facing National Health Service dentistry. Allocatio...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21639More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Infected Blood Compensation Authority compensation scheme will open for members of the infected blood community to make claims.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Authority opened the compensation scheme to a small number of people in October 2024 as part of the initial development and testing of the compensation payment service. This will increase to around 250 people by March of th...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21638More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the infected blood community were invited to start their claim for compensation between 17 October 2024 and 31 December 2024.
Answer: Between 17 October and 31 December 2024, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority invited 45 people to make a claim for compensation, comprising the initial group of 20 invitees and a further group of 25 at the end of December. The Authority made the fir...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21637More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many compensation payments were made by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority between 17 October 2024 and 31 December 2024.
Answer: Between 17 October and 31 December 2024, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority invited 45 people to make a claim for compensation, comprising the initial group of 20 invitees and a further group of 25 at the end of December. The Authority made the fir...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20990More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to introduce further regulations to enable the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to issue payments to the affected.
Answer: Subject to Parliamentary approval, I am aiming for the second set of Infected Blood regulations to be in force by 31st March 2025.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) governance and (b) performance of the water industry in England meets the UK's obligations under the Aarhus Convention.
Answer: The Government is committed to the effective implementation of our international obligations under the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters. The United Kingdom is not currently sub...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: NorfolkMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times prisons in Norfolk operated an (a) amber and (b) red regime in each the last 10 years.
Answer: As this information demonstrates, the new Government inherited a criminal justice system in crisis, with prisons on the point of collapse.All public sector prisons have systems in place for the day-to-day management of staff resources and regime delivery,...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AccountabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department or water companies will appoint members to consumer water panels.
Answer: For too long customers have not been at the heart of the objectives of water companies. This Government believes the interests of customers should be clearly represented and they should play a key role in holding water companies to account on their perfor...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AccountabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2947 on Water Companies: Accountability, when he expects the consumer water panels to be established.
Answer: For too long customers have not been at the heart of the objectives of water companies. This Government believes the interests of customers should be clearly represented and they should play a key role in holding water companies to account on their perfor...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrudential Regulation Authority: EnforcementTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19720More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 17571 on Fossil Fuels: Insurance, whether the Prudential Regulation Authority is responsible for enforcing the (a) development and (b) implementation of transiti
Answer: The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is responsible for overseeing the prudential regulation and supervision of financial institutions in the UK, ensuring their safety, soundness, and compliance with regulatory standards. Responsibility for regulator...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: InsuranceTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19719More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 17571 on Fossil Fuels: Insurance, whether her Department has taken steps with the Prudential Regulation Authority to ensure Lloyd’s of London’s underwriting acti
Answer: The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is responsible for overseeing the prudential regulation and supervision of financial institutions in the UK, ensuring their safety, soundness, and compliance with regulatory standards. Responsibility for regulator...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 17570 on Pension Funds: Environment Protection, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a legal obligation for UK-based p
Answer: As set out in our answer of 9 December to Question 17570, in line with their fiduciary duty trustees of pension schemes have a responsibility to consider and review their approach to investment, stewardship and voting in light of the climate risks to thei...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: SewersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of new housing targets on sewerage infrastructure.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to my answer to Question UIN 9948 on 23 October 2024.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: InsuranceTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17571More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to prevent insurers underwriting fossil fuel projects.
Answer: This Government is committed to delivering the UK’s legal and international climate commitments. Clean power by 2030 and accelerating to net zero is a key mission of this Government and essential to credible, long-term economic growth. Insurers make comme...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of whether the divestment of pension funds from insurance companies that are not compliant with the UK’s climate commitments is a part of fiduciary duty.
Answer: Trustees have a fiduciary duty to make investment decisions in members’ best interests. Climate-related risk and opportunity is one of the major categories of financial factors of which trustees need to take account, in line with their fiduciary duty. The...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
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