Euan Stainbank MP: written questions
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Written questions
Digital Technology: TaxationTreasuryTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44091More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of reducing the headline rate of Digital Services Tax by the end of this Parliament.
Answer: The Digital Services Tax (DST) is an interim tax measure to ensure that digital services providers pay UK tax on digital services that reflects the value they derive from UK users. The UK remains committed to reaching a global solution on the taxation of...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ScotlandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps with her counterpart in the Scottish government to help mitigate the impact of the closure of Rural Housing Scotland on (a) housing and (b) infrastruc
Answer: Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regularly meet with officials from the Scottish Government to discuss a range of policy matters and interests.
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Hospitality IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting businesses in the hospitality sector from charges under Extended Producer Responsibility.
Answer: Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging obligates brands and packaging producers to pay the costs of managing household packaging waste. Therefore, no assessment has been made of the merits of exempting all businesses in the hospitality sector. Thi...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeposit Return Schemes: VATTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43325More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of applying VAT to unredeemed deposits in the deposit return scheme on revenues to the Exchequer.
Answer: The Government is currently considering the VAT treatment of deposits charged under deposit return schemes. Should VAT be applied to unreturned deposits HMRC expect the impact on exchequer receipts to be negligible.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she plans to use in applying her discretionary powers to give an exception to the current ban on citizenship being granted to an asylum seeker who has arrived irregularly.
Answer: We have strengthened measures to make it clear that anyone who enters the UK illegally or who arrives without a required valid entry clearance or electronic valid authorisation having made a dangerous journey, including small boat arrivals, faces having a...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of refugees received indefinite leave to remain in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics relating to indefinite leave to remain and asylum in the Immigration system statistics publication.Data on the number grants of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) to refugees, is published in table Se_D01 of the Settleme...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to refugees on the process of applying for indefinite leave to remain.
Answer: Guidance setting out the rules on settlement protection for refugees is available on GOV.UK at: Settlement protection.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on people who have been deported.
Answer: Statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders (FNOs) by nationality and destination are published on a quarterly basis. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, and are currently available to the end of December 2024, which ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether non-Syrian nationals displaced by the Syrian civil war seeking asylum have had their claims paused following the general pause of Syrian asylum claims from December 2024.
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew the Country Policy Information Notes and guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. The pause also applies those who have previously been habi...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average time taken to process an asylum claim after July 2024.
Answer: The specific data requested is not currently available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of asylu...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: RecruitmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average non-salary recruitment cost is for a civil servant in her Department at Executive Officer grade.
Answer: The Average non salary recruitment cost for a civil servant at Executive Officer grade is £1,202.60.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Civil ServantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to protect (a) low-paid civil servants and (b) civil servants affected by recent increases to Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds who might be at risk of losing the
Answer: Part (a)The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will implement, where applicable, the new National Living Wage rate of £12.21 per hour with effect from 1 April 2025. DWP annual salaries will reflect this new hourly rate regardless of age and working pa...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of fast-tracking legislation to enable the Revenue Certainty Mechanism.
Answer: The government is working at pace to deliver a revenue certainty mechanism for the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry. The government has confirmed that it will introduce the SAF Revenue Support Bill in the first session of Parliament and we expect the...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the introduction of legislation to enable the Revenue Certainty Mechanism.
Answer: The government is working at pace to deliver a revenue certainty mechanism for the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry. The government has confirmed that it will introduce the SAF Revenue Support Bill in the first session of Parliament and we expect the...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Project Willow report, published on 19 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the Hydrotreated Esters and Fatty Acids cap in the Sustainable Aviation
Answer: We welcome the Project Willow Report and are pleased that nine potential business models have been identified to be taken forward at Grangemouth. To help make these models a reality, the Prime Minister recently announced a commitment of at least £200m thr...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: BiofuelsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the availability of feedstocks for the production of renewable fuels.
Answer: British farmers are world-leaders and know their own land best - carefully planning their planting to suit the weather, their soil type, and their long-term agronomic strategy. The demand for UK produced crops is subject to global market prices and supply...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve clinical pathways for people diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Answer: In England, it is the responsibility of local integrated care boards to work with clinicians, service users and patient groups, to develop services and care pathways that are convenient and meet the needs of patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to resume processing asylum claims for people from Syria.
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew the Country Policy Information Notes and guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syrians i...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's pause on processing asylum claims for people in Syria on the welfare of those people.
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew the Country Policy Information Notes and guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syrians i...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed base-rate Extended Producer Responsibility fees on levels of use of different recyclable materials by th
Answer: Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) requires producers to bear the end-of-life costs associated with packaging that they place on the market, rather than the proportion of recycled materials contained. The Recyclability Assessment Method...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the Access to Work Scheme.
Answer: In 2023/24, expenditure on all Access to Work provision was £257.8m. In real terms, this is a 33% increase when compared to the previous year. Payments were made to 61,630 people. The Scheme is highly personalised and each grant that is awarded is tailore...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCompulsory Purchase: ScotlandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is working with the Scottish Government to ensure similar progress on compulsory purchase order powers to accelerate the delivery of affordable housing, in
Answer: Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regularly meet with officials from the Scottish Government to exchange views on compulsory purchase. However, compulsory purchase and associated compensation legislation is a devolve...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when details of the trial on GnRH analogue puberty blockers will be submitted to the research ethics committee.
Answer: The PATHWAYS study proposal, including the clinical trial of puberty-suppressing hormones, is going through all the usual review and approval stages. These include independent academic peer review and National Institute for Health and Care Research fundin...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of any open arms licences granted for export to Israel since the partial arms licence suspen
Answer: We have continued to review export licences for items to Israel and assess that there are no extant licences for items that might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. This is subject to the specific measur...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCyprus: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received advice from the Attorney General on activity originating from military bases in Cyprus since July 2024.
Answer: By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragraph [5.14] of the Ministerial Code [upda...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
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