Harpreet Uppal MP: written questions
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HospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with hospices on the (a) NHS 10-Year Plan and (b) integrated neighbourhood teams.
Answer: In February 2025, I met with key palliative and end of life care and hospice stakeholders, in a roundtable format with a focus on long-term sector sustainability within the context of our 10-Year Health Plan. I have tasked officials to look at how to impr...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to guarantee sustainable funding for hospices in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial years.
Answer: In February 2025, I met with key palliative and end of life care and hospice stakeholders, in a roundtable format with a focus on long-term sector sustainability within the context of our 10-Year Health Plan. I have tasked officials to look at how to impr...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTextiles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to review the (a) permitting and (b) waste exemption regime under the (i) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 and (ii) Was
Answer: The Government recently announced plans to reform the waste permit exemptions regime. We will remove three exemptions and tighten the conditions of seven others which have long caused problems and been abused. We will also introduce greater record keeping...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: HuddersfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to support integrated public transport in Huddersfield.
Answer: We are committed to improving public transport and delivering a transport system that works better for people across the country, enables growth and provides access to opportunities.To support this, we are providing significant investment to West Yorkshir...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide multi-year funding for (a) children's and (b) adult hospices through the forthcoming NHS 10 Year Plan.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of bus services, in the context of the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan.
Answer: Increasing the availability of bus services and continuing the rollout of zero emission buses are vital to decarbonising our transport system. We want to ensure that the more sustainable choice is the more convenient choice. The government will deliver an...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms to reduce pollution by water companies in local rivers.
Answer: The Water (Special Measures) Act (WSMA) provides the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving the teeth they need to take tougher action against water companies. A record 81 criminal investigations into water ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Urban AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the restoration of (a) the River Colne in Huddersfield and (b) other urban rivers.
Answer: We are funding two projects led by the Calder and Colne Rivers Trust this year through the Water Environment Improvement Fund. One project is a three-year project looking at pollution,land and highway management issues on the River Colne and tributaries. ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSkilled Workers: HuddersfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to promote green skills programmes as part of the national skills strategy in Huddersfield.
Answer: Green skills are crucial to economic growth and the government’s net zero by 2050 target. Clean energy industries have been identified as a priority sector in the Industrial Strategy, alongside other sectors fundamental to clean energy like advanced manuf...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage other donors to provide aid to Sudan.
Answer: The UK is doing all it can to raise the profile of the crisis in Sudan and to encourage other donors to commit funding. In April, at the Sudan London Conference, the Foreign Secretary announced £120 million of new life-saving aid which we anticipate will ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: HuddersfieldHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding will be made available for youth services in Huddersfield to (a) support early intervention and (b) reduce youth offending.
Answer: As part of our Plan for Change, the Safer Streets Mission is driving work across Government to divert young people away from crime.To this end the Government has committed to the creation of a Young Futures Programme jointly led by the Home Office and Dep...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Urban AreasHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of town-wide safety campaigns in reducing crime in (a) Huddersfield and (b) other urban centres.
Answer: This Government wants town centres to be vibrant, welcoming places where businesses thrive and people feel safe and come to shop, socialise and live.To that end we are working with Police and Crime Commissioners, and essential local partners such as counc...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle operators who do not dispose of waste appropriately despite holding valid waste licences; and whether he plans to take further steps
Answer: Waste sites in England are regulated by the Environment Agency (EA) under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 which include a range of penalties including fines and imprisonment for breaches of conditions. The EA also takes a...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping and Litter: HuddersfieldDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase enforcement powers to tackle (a) fly-tipping and (b) littering in (i) Huddersfield and (ii) similar towns.
Answer: Local authorities have a range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping and littering. These include fixed penalty notices of up to £1000 for fly-tipping and £500 for littering, and prosecution action which can lead to significant fine or even imprison...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides to help support local cultural (a) events and (b) awards that seek to celebrate the (i) heritage and (ii) creativity of (A) Huddersfield and (B) similar towns
Answer: The department primarily funds such aspects through Arts Council England (ACE) which supports organisations through their National Portfolio (NPOs) programme which provides funding of over £450 million a year to arts organisations across the country, many...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: HuddersfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take with (a) colleges, (b) universities and (c) employers to increase the number of (i) apprenticeships and (ii) skills-based training places for young people from Huddersfie
Answer: As part of our plan to Get Britain Working, the government will launch a new Youth Guarantee for young people aged 18 to 21 in England to ensure that they are supported to access high quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work....
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: InnovationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with (a) the University of Huddersfield and (b) other local universities to help promote (i) innovation and (ii) skills development in that region.
Answer: Skills development is crucial for economic growth and breaking down the barriers to opportunity.The government is developing a Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy which will set out how the skills system will work to deliver on our Plan for Change, movi...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: North of EnglandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to help attract green inward investment to (a) Huddersfield and (b) other northern towns.
Answer: Green investment is a cornerstone of the UKs drive for growth, as set out in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper. For Huddersfield and towns across the North, we actively showcase investment opportunities to potential investors, and provide account manage...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) high streets and (b) town centre shop fronts in (i) Huddersfield and (ii) similar towns.
Answer: This government is supporting high street businesses in Huddersfield and in similar towns by reforming business rates, empowering communities to address vacant high street properties through high street rental auctions and tackling anti-social behaviour a...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: KirkleesDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provided to local authorities for (a) street maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in Kirklees.
Answer: Kirklees Council is a constituent authority of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA). Between 2022/23 – 2026/27, WYCA will receive over £167 million a year through its City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), which includes highway mai...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: HuddersfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) investment and (b) connectivity in transport in Huddersfield constituency.
Answer: The Government is taking steps to boost investment and improve connectivity in transport as part of its commitment to driving economic growth in all parts of the UK. West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has been allocated £830m through the City Regio...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Food AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to disburse famine aid quickly across Sudan.
Answer: The UK is playing a leading role in response to the crisis in Sudan, including efforts to facilitate more consistent humanitarian access into and within Sudan. During last month's London Sudan Conference, the Foreign Secretary announced a further £120 mil...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help secure a ceasefire in Sudan.
Answer: We are using all levers at our disposal to bring about an end to the conflict in Sudan. As penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council, the UK continues to call out atrocities committed in Sudan and press for a peaceful end to the conflict. On 15 April,...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: KirkleesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is (a) for a neurodevelopmental assessment, (b) to access CAMHS services and (c) for speech and language therapy services for special educational needs and disabilitie
Answer: The data is not held centrally in the format requested, but some relevant information covering waiting times for these services for all children and young people is available. Neurodevelopmental assessments can include, but are not limited to, assessments...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve enforcement powers against water companies that repeatedly discharge untreated sewage.
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we have placed water companies under special measures through the Water (Special Measures) Act. The Act will drive meaningful improvem...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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