Helen Whately MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Pupils: Young CarersDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve support to young carers in schools.
Answer: The government is committed to helping children and young people, including young carers, thrive and wants the best for every child and family. This department, the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England work closely together, along with ot...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEuston Station: AdvertisingDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of Network Rail's potential loss of revenue from disabling the advertising board at London Euston station this financial year.
Answer: The use of the advertising screen at Euston Station is under review with various options being considered. The potential loss of revenue is commercially confidential.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEuston Station: AdvertisingDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions Network Rail has had with JC Decaux on the potential costs of turning off their advertising hoardings at Euston Station.
Answer: As key partners, Network Rail speaks with JCDecaux on commercial matters across its railway estate on a weekly basis, or sometimes even more frequently. The loss of revenue is being borne by Network Rail. Network Rail are unable to comment on the financia...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6363More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received recent representations on the potential merits of increasing fuel duty.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6362More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received recent representations on the potential merits of introducing a national pay-per-mile road tax.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6361More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase any of the banded rates of vehicle excise duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership. The tax system encourages the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet the UK’s legally binding climate change targets. Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6360More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase the standard rate of vehicle excise duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership. The tax system encourages the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet the UK’s legally binding climate change targets. Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6359More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase fuel duty rates.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6358More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce a national pay-per-mile road tax.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTolls: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) its associated bodies has funded research into pay per mile road charging in the last five years.
Answer: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have not funded any specific projects on pay per-mile road charging.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Passenger DutyTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6356More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adjustments to domestic aviation duty.
Answer: Air Passenger Duty (APD) exists to ensure that aviation makes a fair contribution to the public finances and applies to UK-departing flights. Reforms to APD took effect in April 2023. These included the introduction of the new domestic band for domestic f...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTolls: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Transport Research and Innovation Board has had discussions on the subject of pay per mile road charging or equivalent schemes.
Answer: The Transport Research and Innovation Board has not discussed the subject of pay per mile road charging or equivalent schemes.
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6354More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken literature reviews on the subject of vehicle excise duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership. The tax system encourages the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet the UK’s legally binding climate change targets. Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTolls: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has sponsored people through (a) fellowships, (b) internships and (c) PhDs in relation to (i) pay per mile road charging and (ii) equivalent schemes.
Answer: The Department for Transport has not sponsored people through internships, fellowships and PhDs specifically in relation to pay per mile road charging or equivalent schemes.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish her Department's areas of research interest for 2024.
Answer: We expect to publish the Department’s Areas of Research Interest in early 2025, taking the appropriate time to engage with the research community and the wider transport sector.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordActive Travel England: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) full title, (b) estimated cost of production and (c) organisation responsible is for each item of external research that Active Travel England has commissioned but has yet to publish.
Answer: Executive agencies regularly commission research and once published it is available on gov.uk or on the commissioned organisation’s website.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Highways: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) full title, (b) estimated cost of production and (c) organisation responsible is for each item of external research that Highways England has commissioned but has yet to publish.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold complete information on this.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) full title, (b) estimated cost of production and (c) organisation responsible is for each item of external research that her Department has commissioned but has yet to publish.
Answer: Details of all Government contracts, including research contracts, are published on Contracts Finder, and FTS, for contracts awarded from Jan 2021 over a certain threshold.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCars: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received recent representations on the potential merits of regulating the pricing of car insurance with reference to a customer's postcode.
Answer: Motor insurers are responsible for setting premiums based on their assessment of the risk a driver poses, and postcode is one of the criteria. We recommend that consumers shop around to get the best deal. I am aware of the challenges facing motorists on t...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBatteries: Fire PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department what his Department's timetable is for its consultation into amending environmental permitting regulations to ensure that battery energy storage systems have ap
Answer: The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. Defra is considering further options, including environmental permitting, for managing the...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: KentDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on private schools on state schools in Kent.
Answer: In line with research from the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies, the government does not anticipate the ending of the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy to prompt notable movement into the state sector, and any movement is expected to take p...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: KentDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure sufficient school places in Kent; and what support she plans to provide to help children in (a) towns and (b) rural areas get to and from school by public transport.
Answer: The government wants to ensure all children have fair access to a school place, where they can achieve and thrive. Kent County Council is responsible for ensuring there are sufficient school places for children in Kent. The department engages with local a...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: BuildingsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the next steps are for schools which have been approved for funding under the Rebuilding Schools programme.
Answer: All the schools selected for the School Rebuilding Programme have been notified of indicative start dates and are either in delivery or ensuring they are prepared for when they do start delivery.
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: BuildingsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to fund improvements to academy school buildings which are not fit for purpose.
Answer: Ensuring schools have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of the department’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life. The department remains committed to improving the condition of the sch...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dental appointments.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild ...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
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