Ellie Chowns MP: written questions 2025
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Attendance Allowance: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to reach decisions on Attendance Allowance applications.
Answer: Attendance Allowance is currently undergoing a significant modernisation through the piloting of an online digital claim process. We are using customer feedback to design a transformed application that is shorter and easier, which focuses on collecting on...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require NHS hospitals to operate pay on exit parking.
Answer: The NHS car parking guidance 2022 for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts states that trusts should consider installing ‘pay on exit’ or similar schemes so that drivers pay only for the time that they have used.National Health Service organisations shoul...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBetting: General Election 2024Department for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37932 on Gambling Commission, in what month this year she expects the Gambling Commission to concludes its investigation on allegations under s
Answer: The Gambling Commission is continuing its investigation into potential criminal offences of cheating under section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005 in relation to bets placed on the timing of the 2024 General Election. Responsibility for specific timings relat...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMisrepresentation: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress the Competition and Markets Authority has made on its investigation into misleading environmental claims, announced on 26 January 2023.
Answer: Following the closure of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) investigation into certain claims made by Unilever in relation to some of its fast-moving consumer goods, which include everyday items such as toiletries and cleaning products, the CMA...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy of support for children in kinship care.
Answer: The department is taking a number of steps to ensure that children in kinship care get the support that they need to thrive. This includes promoting their educational and mental health needs and supporting the people who care for them.From September 2024,...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProducts: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many products have been investigated in detail by the Competition and Markets Authority as part of its fast-moving consumer goods investigation announced in January 2023.
Answer: In January 2023 the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) announced a compliance review into the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector – these include essential everyday items such as toiletries and cleaning products. Over the period following that announ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProducts: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made on their investigation into misleading environmental claims made in relation to fast moving consumer goods announced in January 2023;
Answer: Following its compliance review into environmental claims, in December 2023 the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) opened an investigation into certain claims made by Unilever in relation to some of its fast-moving consumer goods, which include eve...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCharging Points: PricesDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to help prevent price differentials for different types of users of EV charging points.
Answer: The Government is committed to accelerating the roll-out of charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle. The Government are aware of the cost differential between those who ca...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to set a new date for cross party talks to discuss the work of the Independent Commission on social care.
Answer: Baroness Casey will be contacting all party groups to set dates with parties across the House very shortly. She will commence her commission in April 2025.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordConsumer Goods: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16660 on Consumer Goods: Carbon Emissions, what discussions he has had with the (a) Circular Economy Taskforce and (b) Committees
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of reducing emissions from high carbon products and will continue to bring forward proposals to do so. As the Circular Economy Taskforce develops recommendations for the strategy, it will consider the evidence for ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: Environment ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the environmental impact of prescribing (a) inhalers and (b) other medicines.
Answer: In October 2020, the National Health Service published its Net Zero Strategy, in order to become the world’s first health system to commit to reaching net zero emissions, and NHS England is working collaboratively with a range of partners on implementatio...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNoiseWomen and EqualitiesTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40675More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance on limiting ambient noise in specific settings to help improve levels of accessibility.
Answer: The Government welcomes steps some retailers are taking to introduce sensory friendly hours for customers who may find busy or loud shopping environments overwhelming. In educational settings, guidance on ambient noise levels may be found in Building Bull...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Carbon EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Towards Greener Prescribing in General Practice, published in March 2025, what plans his Department has to expand medic
Answer: In October 2020, the National Health Service published its Net Zero Strategy, in order to become the world’s first health system to commit to reaching net zero emissions, and NHS England is working collaboratively with a range of partners on implementatio...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Carbon EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Towards Greener Prescribing in General Practice, published
Answer: In October 2020, the National Health Service published its Net Zero Strategy, in order to become the world’s first health system to commit to reaching net zero emissions, and NHS England is working collaboratively with a range of partners on implementatio...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: Carbon EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support primary care to reduce carbon emissions from prescribing.
Answer: In October 2020, the National Health Service published its Net Zero Strategy, in order to become the world’s first health system to commit to reaching net zero emissions, and NHS England is working collaboratively with a range of partners on implementatio...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Israeli counterpart on whether UK-made (a) arms and (b) arms components for (i) F35 aircraft and (ii) other arms have been used in the Is
Answer: The UK's robust export licensing criteria states that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). In September 2024...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) products of animal origin and (b) products containing products of animal origin have entered the UK from (i) Germany, (ii) Slovakia and (iii) Hungary since imports have be
Answer: Since the introduction of foot and mouth controls for Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, there has been an effective prohibition on the movement of impacted goods into GB. It is important to note that most products of animal origin are not prohibited from the...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the auto-clearance system on the UK’s ability to enforce (a) bans on the import of live (i) cattle, (ii) pigs and (iii) sheep and
Answer: The auto clearance system does not impact on our ability to prohibit live animals from foot and mouth affected areas, as these commodities are specifically excluded. The auto clearance system has also been updated to exclude goods subject to Foot and Mout...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: DatabasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to update data provided to the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels.
Answer: The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for updating UK fishing vessel data on the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels. The MMO last updated the record on 24 March 2025.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Hate CrimeDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee on establishing a crime and policing working group to help tackle disability hate crime on public transport.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly seek advice from the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee on the issues which most affect disabled people when travelling, including disability hate crime. The Department is committed to ensuring everyone, includ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRodenticides: SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 August 2024 to Question HL407 on Rodenticides: Safety, to which species the Government Oversight Group is considering extending the monitoring of Second-Generation Anticoagul
Answer: A final decision on which additional species to include in the residues monitoring programme has not yet been taken. However, the species under consideration include red kite, buzzard, sparrowhawk, peregrine falcon, red fox, otter and hedgehog.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAmazonia: RainforestsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Brazil on the four-lane highway through protected Amazon rainforest being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Be
Answer: Planning decisions in Brazil are a matter for the Brazilian government. Brazil has commitment to achieve zero deforestation by 2030 and we welcome the focus on forests set out by the incoming COP30 President in his letter of 10 March. We will continue to ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of BP’s plan to scale back renewable energy investment on achieving the UK’s 2030 target to reduce emissions by 68% compared to
Answer: The Department has made no such assessment. Delivering the Government’s climate goals requires us to work with many different organisations.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of BPs decision to scale back investment in renewable energy and increase investment in oil and gas on their ability to be a credible par
Answer: The Department has made no such assessment.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with BP on the company's new strategy to prioritise oil and gas production over investment in renewable energy; and whether he has made an assessment of the potent
Answer: We have noted the changes bp is making to its strategy. Such decisions are a commercial matter for the company. The Government is unable to assess the potential future impact of the new strategy on the UK as it relates to the company’s global business rat...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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