Fabian Hamilton MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Energy Supply: Radio FrequenciesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 41000 on Energy Supplies: Radio Frequencies, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of evidence gathere
Answer: Ofcom is responsible for allocating and authorising radio spectrum in the United Kingdom. As part of its ongoing work, Ofcom has undertaken preparatory steps to explore the potential need for spectrum to support private communications networks in the ener...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on protected habitats (a) on the Humber Estuary and (b) in general.
Answer: When it comes to development and the environment, we know we can do better than the status quo, which too often sees both sustainable housebuilding and nature recovery stall. Instead of environmental protections being seen as barriers to growth, we want t...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for local authorities for the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. Taken together, the additional funding announced by the Chancellor ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not uprating the Local Housing Allowance on (a) poverty and (b) homelessness; and whether she plans to increase rates in line with rental costs.
Answer: No assessment has been made using current economic assumptions and methodological practices. However, the department has previously produced a poverty impact assessment using OBR economic assumptions from 30th October 2024 on an outdated version of the mo...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the delivery of freedom of religion or belief work in his Department's (a) diplomatic and (b) development efforts.
Answer: The UK is championing the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and promoting tolerance and mutual respect through our engagement in multilateral fora - including our position at the United Nations (UN) and Article 18 Alliance - through our import...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Cooperation: EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on promoting education that fosters respect between different faiths and genders.
Answer: The UK champions the right to freedom of religion or belief for all through our engagement in multilateral fora and our programme funding. We are committed to empowering women and girls around the world through our international work. The UK seeks to supp...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure UK aid supports women facing persecution due to both their faith and gender.
Answer: The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. We are championing the right to FoRB and promoting tolerance and...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAgeing and Older People: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England.
Answer: DWP offers employment support for eligible older people through the network of Jobcentres across the UK. The White Paper published on 26 November focuses on support for people who are economically inactive, people who are looking for work or want to prog...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in the administration of Carer's Allowance; and what steps she is taking to inform carers about the Carer's Allowance earnings threshold.
Answer: Recruitment and deployment of additional resources is taking place to enable the Carer’s Allowance (CA) unit to meet the consistent increased demand, which should reduce the clearance times for new claims to CA. DWP has reviewed its communications to ensu...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for integrated care boards on local healthcare (a) planning and (b) service delivery.
Answer: As part of the necessary changes to support the National Health Service to recover, NHS England has indicated that integrated care boards (ICBs) should reduce in size. The Government is supportive of NHS England’s decision and will work with NHS England t...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHare CoursingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to introduce a closed season for hare shooting.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only, with the potential for relevant policy to extend and apply to Wales. While the Government has no immediate plan to introduce a close season for hares in England, the...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people that are unable to work due to (a) long-term illness, (b) disability and (c) other circumstances are adequately supported following her planned reforms to
Answer: The social security system will always be there for those who can’t work. As part of making changes to the payment rates in Universal Credit, we will ensure that those with the most severe, lifelong conditions who will never be able to work have their inc...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed welfare reforms on levels of economic inactivity.
Answer: No estimate has yet been made. As announced in the Green Paper, we will build towards a guarantee of personalised employment, health and skills support for anyone on out of work benefits with a work-limiting health condition or disability who wants it. Ca...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: Radio FrequenciesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the rollout of enhanced operational communications enabled by dedicated radio spectrum access for the UK's energy distribution and transmission networks.
Answer: Ofcom is responsible for the management of spectrum in the UK, including allocating spectrum. Officials are working with those in in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and with regulators to help establish the evidence base for the futu...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability and EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to (a) reform (i) employment support and (ii) disability services and (b) support more people into work.
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work, backed up by £1 billio...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the PIP assessment process for (a) all claimants and (b) claimants with fluctuating conditions.
Answer: It is important that all people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are able to access our services and that they do not face obstacles in applying and communicating with the Department and its providers. In the Green Paper Pathways to Work: Refo...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support PIP claimants into work.
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support, backed up by £1 billion of new funding. We want this guarantee to have a particular focus on early support, by offering everyone who claims UC and has a w...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide personalised support to jobseekers.
Answer: We are ending the one-size-fits-all approach by reforming both the welfare and employment support systems to Get Britain Working, opening-up employment opportunities in a fair and more sustainable way to boost economic growth. We announced in the Pathways...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that changes to (a) Universal Credit taper rates and (b) other benefits (i) encourage more people into work and (ii) support people in work.
Answer: As the Chancellor has set out, this Government is reforming the social security system to support people into work, while protecting people who will never be able to – making the system sustainable so that it is there to help those of us that need it now ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on (a) small websites, (b) online services, (c) personal blogs and (d) community-run platforms; and whe
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, in-scope user-to-user and search services must assess for risks of illegal content and harm to children. Ofcom is the independent regulator for this regime. It sets out what steps small low-risk providers need to take to fulfi...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAphasia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce nationally commissioned services for the treatment of primary progressive aphasia.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce such nationally commissioned services. We are committed to delivering high quality care and support for every person with dementia, and central to this is the provision of personalised care and support planning for ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShared Ownership SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to continue to provide support for the building of shared ownership properties.
Answer: The government will set out set details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on deliverin...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Civil ServantsHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made assessment of the potential merits of waiving the Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship salary threshold requirements for civil servants.
Answer: The Government keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, and will set out our policies in each relevant area in the upcoming Immigration White Paper.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Patient Choice SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase NHS patient choice within the field of ophthalmology.
Answer: The Government is committed to giving patients greater choice and control over their care and throughout their elective care pathway, including those referred to ophthalmology services.Patients have an existing legal right to choose where they go for thei...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending compulsory written national curriculum assessments for key stage one students.
Answer: End of key stage 1 national curriculum tests and teacher assessments have been non-statutory since the 2023/24 academic year. Following the 2017 consultation on primary assessment, a decision was made by the previous administration to make these assessmen...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
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