Geoffrey Cox MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
SportsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Sport England on the (a) promotion and (b) development of (i) padel and (ii) pickleball as national sports.
Answer: The Secretary of State and I have regular discussions with Sport England, on a range of topics including the promotion and development of the sporting offer across England. Whilst we haven’t discussed these sports specifically, DCMS officials have discuss...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural hospitality businesses are adequately supported in the context of (a) rising wholesale food prices, (b) energy costs, (c) increased (i) wage and (ii) NIC pr
Answer: Government fully recognises the importance of hospitality businesses in rural communities, that’s why we’re providing support through a range of measures to ease pressures.We continue to monitor key agricultural commodities and work with the hospitality s...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: DevonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will exclude (a) Dartmoor, (b) the Tamar Valley and (c) other environmentally protected and low-density settlement areas in West Devon from her Department’s methodology fo
Answer: The government implemented a new standard method for assessing housing need via the revised National Planning Policy Framework in December 2024. The revised method aligns with our ambition to deliver 1.5 million safe and decent homes this parliament and b...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings (a) she has and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with hon. Members from (i) her party and (ii) other parties on rail infrastructure projects in their constituencies.
Answer: Ministers meet regularly with MPs of all parties to discuss rail infrastructure projects at surgeries.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTavistock College: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to provide funding to Tavistock College under the school rebuilding programme.
Answer: School buildings are integral to high and rising standards and need to be fit for the future. That is why we remain committed to improving the condition of the school estate, and the School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) continues as part of that.The departme...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Boxes: Housing EstatesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered providing access to post boxes in new housing developments.
Answer: The government is not responsible for providing access to post boxes. Section 29(6) of the Postal Services Act 2011 requires Ofcom, as the independent regulator, to secure the provision of sufficient access points. Royal Mail is currently required by Ofco...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Torridge and TavistockDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 20 January 2025 on New Hospital Programme Review, Official Report, columns 748-750, whether he considered (a) the remoteness of and (b) recent trends of depr
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon. member to the answers I gave to Questions 34236 and 34237 on 7 March 2025.Additionally, as set out in the Plan for Implementation, the New Hospital Programme (NHP) review used a range of data to assess in scope schemes including the N...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Devon HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the provision of (a) safe and (b) effective care for patients in Torridge and North Devon, in the context of the new timetable for the redevelopment of North D
Answer: An equality impact assessment was carried out for the review into the New Hospital Programme, which included assessing the extent to which service users might be impacted by these delivery proposals, with specific reference to the impact that these might ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Devon HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new timetable for the redevelopment of North Devon District Hospital on (a) patient outcomes and (b) service capacity.
Answer: An equality impact assessment was carried out for the review into the New Hospital Programme, which included assessing the extent to which service users might be impacted by these delivery proposals, with specific reference to the impact that these might ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Devon HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 20 January 2025 on New Hospital Programme Review, Official Report, column 750, if his Department will make short-term capital funding available to help ensur
Answer: The safety of National Health Service staff and patients is a top priority for the Government. That is why repairing and rebuilding our hospital estate is a vital part of our ambition to create an NHS that is fit for the future.Integrated care boards (ICB...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: PlymouthDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to provide one per cent of the funding required for the Tavistock to Plymouth railway project to help ensure the completion of the (a) business case and (b) Governance for Railway
Answer: Future rail infrastructure investment will be considered as part of the current Spending Review, which will conclude in June 2025.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: PlymouthDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to conclude the review of the Tavistock to Plymouth railway project.
Answer: Future rail infrastructure investment will be considered as part of the current Spending Review, which will be concluded in June 2025.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: PlymouthDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what she has recently consulted with relevant stakeholders on the future of the Tavistock to Plymouth line.
Answer: Department for Transport ministers have not recently consulted with relevant stakeholders on the line north of Bere Alston. The project to reopen the line is being considered as part of the Spending Review, which will be concluded in June 2025.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
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