Jade Botterill MP: written questions
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Written questions
Large Goods Vehicles: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate the impact of heavy goods vehicles travelling through villages.
Answer: Local traffic authorities have powers under Sections 1 & 2 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which allow for the restriction or prohibition of the use of HGVs on any road, for a wide range of safety and environmental reasons. These measures can...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of GPS navigation services on the number of heavy goods vehicles travelling through villages.
Answer: There is no legal requirement for drivers of any vehicle to have or use satellite navigation equipment and the Government currently has no plans to mandate their use. If such equipment is provided, it is important that it is suitable for the vehicle being...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of heavy goods vehicles travelling through villages on (a) traffic and (b) pollution.
Answer: I recognise that heavy goods vehicles (HGV) can have negative safety and environmental impact on villages, particularly where roads and pavements are narrow. Local traffic authorities have powers under Sections 1 & 2 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChronic Illnesses: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that diagnostic results shared via the NHS App for patients living with chronic conditions are accompanied by (a) tailored information for patients abo
Answer: As part of the delivery of the 10-Year Health Plan, the NHS App will provide an improved and personalised experience for users, empowering them to access key elements of their health conditions like test results, and providing patients with 24 hour a day,...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOutdoor EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of outdoor education for (a) children and (b) adults.
Answer: The department believes that outdoor education can be a valuable part of a broad and balanced curriculum, for example in physical education and geography, and a school’s enrichment offer. Both form an important part of our mission to break down barriers t...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMayorsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that new Mayors are accountable to their local areas.
Answer: Within Mayoral Combined Authorities and Mayoral Combined County Authorities there is an existing system of accountability and scrutiny arrangements. This system ensures that public spending is achieving value for money. In the English Devolution White Pap...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Ossett and Denby DaleDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth in Ossett and Denby Dale constituency.
Answer: Kickstarting economic growth across every corner of the UK is the top priority of this Government. We’re getting on with delivering the Government’s Plan for Change by delivering the basics of a better transport system, including in places across West Yo...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProject Gigabit: Ossett and Denby DaleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on the rollout of Project Gigabit in Ossett and Denby Dale constituency.
Answer: According to the independent website Thinkbroadband.com, over 99% of premises in the Ossett and Denby Dale constituency can access superfast broadband speeds (>=30 Mbps) and over 96% have access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection (>1000 Mbps)...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: West YorkshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help support farming businesses in West Yorkshire.
Answer: This Government wants to improve profitability for farmers, including for those in West Yorkshire, to make their businesses viable for the future. That is why we were pleased to announce £5 billion for the farming budget over 2024/25 and 2025/26. The farm...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Seasonal WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help farmers recruit people on Seasonal Worker visas.
Answer: We know how important securing the right workforce is to the agri-food chain, for both skilled (such as butchers and vets) and temporary (such as seasonal horticulture harvesting) jobs. The Government has confirmed the Seasonal Worker visa route for 202...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle fraud in the welfare system by serious and organised criminal gangs.
Answer: DWP works collaboratively across Government Departments and Law Enforcement Agencies on investigations into benefit fraud carried out by organised crime gangs. New powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill will strengthen our capab...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) prevent and (b) increase the early detection of chronic kidney disease through the 10-year health plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts the National Health Service needs to be fit for the future, namely from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving the ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPenistone Line: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on upgrading the Penistone rail line.
Answer: The Penistone Line is a Levelling Up Fund programme scheme valued at £47.9m and is subject to business case approval. Funding for Levelling Up Fund schemes is currently only confirmed until the end of financial year 2025/26. Funding for local transport ca...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShepley Station: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has plans to provide disabled access at Shepley train station in Ossett and Denby Dale constituency.
Answer: We are carefully considering the best approach to the Access for All programme. Since April 2024, 19 stations have been completed with a further 8 due to be completed by April 2025. We will shortly be updating MPs and other stakeholders on our approach to...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosis: West YorkshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of endometriosis care services in West Yorkshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health and improving the care received by those suffering from gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis. We have taken urgent action to tackle gynaecology waiting lists through the Elective Ref...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: West YorkshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce NHS waiting times in West Yorkshire.
Answer: Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission and a top priority for this government. On 6 January 2025, NHS England published the new Elective Reform Plan, which sets out how we will cut the waiting list and get back to the 18-week constitut...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: West YorkshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dentists are taking on new NHS patients in (a) Ossett and Denby Dale constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
Answer: As of 4 February 2025, there were 13 National Health Service dental practices in Ossett and Denby Dale constituency, with three, or 23%, showing as ‘accepting new child patients when availability allows’ and two, or 15%, showing as ‘accepting new adult pa...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on routes into the creative sector for young people in West Yorkshire.
Answer: The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) works closely with the Department for Education (DfE) on skills policy affecting the creative sector. This includes understanding routes into the sector for young people across the country, such as apprent...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Economic GrowthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of the creative industries to economic growth.
Answer: The creative industries sector is one of eight growth-driving sectors identified in the government’s Industrial Strategy. We will publish a Creative Industries Sector Plan to drive growth in the late spring.Creative industries GVA grew at 1.5 times the ra...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Ossett and Denby DaleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support creative industries in Ossett and Denby Dale constituency.
Answer: The creative industries sector is one of eight growth-driving sectors identified in the government’s Industrial Strategy. We will publish a Creative Industries Sector Plan to drive growth in the late spring.Creative industries GVA grew at 1.5 times the ra...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: YorkshireDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support she is providing to local transport authorities and Mayors to improve local bus services in Yorkshire.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the better, more reliable bus services that passengers deserve. In the Budget the government confirmed investment of over £1 billion to support and improve bus services and keep fares affordable. Local transport a...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: GenderWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31266More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the gender pay gap.
Answer: Women’s equality and economic growth go hand in hand, but in spite of reporting requirements, progress on closing the gender pay gap stalled under the previous administration. This government will Make Work Pay – including for women. As part of the Employ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Planning and Development: West YorkshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using local growth funding to help increase economic growth in West Yorkshire.
Answer: The Department’s Ministerial team has had a range of discussions with Ministerial colleagues in His Majesty’s Treasury as well as the Mayor of West Yorkshire and the Combined Authority about their priorities and plans, as part of the Government’s mission ...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31264More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure value for money in public spending.
Answer: At Autumn Budget, we launched the Office for Value for Money to realise benefits from every pound of public spending. The Chair of the Office for Value for Money will advise the Chancellor and I on decisions for the Spending Review. This will include an a...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the accountability of water company executives for water service failures.
Answer: The Water (Special Measures) Act will deliver on the Government’s commitment to put water companies under tough special measures, by strengthening regulation as a first legislative step towards improving the sector. The Act will:Strengthen regulation to e...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
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