Jayne Kirkham MP: written questions 2025
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Packaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department undertook research on Extended Producer Responsibility schemes in other countries during the design of the proposed weight-related fee structure for his proposed
Answer: Defra has engaged with and sought to learn from a range of schemes in Europe and further afield in the design of our pEPR scheme, both in the development of policy and implementation of the scheme. As a result, our approach limits producers’ costs to thos...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on the number of producers switching from glass to plastic packaging.
Answer: We have considered feedback from all material sectors, which has included including feedback from the glass sector on the risks of material switching towards plastic and fibre-based composite packaging. We have received limited evidence of decisions to in...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last raised the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah with the Egyptian Government; and how often he has raised the case of Mr El-Fattah with that Government.
Answer: The UK Government continues to raise Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian government. We have been consistently clear in calling for his release and continue to press for urgent consular access. The Prime Minister raised th...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Areas: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of managed realignment in the shore management plan on coastal (a) businesses and (b) facilities.
Answer: We are committed to supporting coastal communities and ensuring flood and coastal erosion risk management is fit for the challenges we face now and in the future. Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) are developed and owned by the local councils and coastal ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: PortsTreasuryTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39217More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that funding allocated through the National Wealth Fund provides effective support to different port requirements.
Answer: I refer the member to the answer given to UIN 38914 on 20 March 2025.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the sustainability of funding for maintained nursery schools.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has been clear in her commitment to early years. Despite tough decisions to get our public finances back on track, this government has increased investment in the early years sector to drive forw...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: PortsTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's timeline is for the allocation of funding to ports through the National Wealth Fund.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has financial capacity totaling £27.8 billion, of which at least £5.8 billion will be committed over this Parliament to the five priority sectors that the Chancellor announced at the International Investment Summit, includin...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: PortsTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38913More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding for port infrastructure through the National Wealth Fund is allocated according to the needs of each region.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has financial capacity totaling £27.8 billion, of which at least £5.8 billion will be committed over this Parliament to the five priority sectors that the Chancellor announced at the International Investment Summit, includin...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: IslandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reconstitute the Islands Forum.
Answer: My department is continuing to work closely with other UK Government departments to determine the future of the forum, which we will communicate in due course.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to publish the results of the fairer food labelling consultation.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central, Gareth Snell on 23 December 2024, PQ 20692.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the criteria of the proposed EPR fee tariff to a units-based metric.
Answer: The Government is not considering the adoption of a units-based metric. In accordance with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Extender Producer Responsibility disposal fees for packaging are calculate...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is considering an exemption to the new Extended Producer Responsibility for packing regulations for closed loop systems.
Answer: The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, which reform the UK’s producer responsibility system for packaging came into force on 1 January 2025. Extended Producer Responsibility is a major reform that will be...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when negotiations on the 2024-5 and 2025-6 community pharmacy contractual framework will be agreed.
Answer: We are working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have available is used to support community pharmacy in the best way possible to support them in dispensing medicines to patients and to offer a range of clinical service...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel Oil: Renewable FuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using renewable liquid fuels to help oil-heated households decarbonise.
Answer: As sustainable biomass is a limited resource, the Government expects to prioritise its use in sectors like aviation which have fewest options to decarbonise. Renewable liquid heating fuels (RLHF) are also much more expensive to use than other heating solu...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Fuels: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of decisions taken by the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Northern Ireland Executive and (c) Republic of Ireland
Answer: Although heat policy is a devolved matter, policies relating to the supply of fuels (including renewable liquid heating fuels) are reserved. Officials work closely with the Devolved Governments when developing UK Government policies and will be considerin...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Fuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35112More
Question: To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on the potential merits of equalising the duty treatment of renewable liquid fuels, in the context of encouraging its up
Answer: Renewable liquid fuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) are relatively new fuels and have limited availability in the UK. When used for domestic heating, HVO benefits from the rebated duty rate of 10.18p per litre, in contrast to the full duty rat...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: LandfillDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help maintain the landfill gas to energy sector.
Answer: The Government is aware that the expiration of Renewables Obligation accreditation may affect the commercial viability of generators from a range of technologies, including landfill gas generators. Officials are continuing to assess the impact that the en...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex Education: EndometriosisDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of menstrual well-being education in the statutory guidance entitled Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health educatio
Answer: While the department has not made an assessment of the impact of learning about menstrual wellbeing as part of statutory health education, it is beneficial for pupils to understand the features of a healthy menstrual cycle, be able to recognise when thing...
Answered 22 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Space Agency: Goonhilly Earth StationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the UK Space Agency will renew funding to Goonhilly Earth Station for its bilateral pilot with the US when that funding runs out in March.
Answer: The current contract between the UK Space Agency and Goonhilly Earth Station is worth up to £2 million this financial year (24/25) which includes £1.4million of funding towards the Deep Space Monitoring contract for Goonhilly to work with twelve unique mi...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that memorandum of understanding agreements with councils for this year’s Shared Prosperity Funding are in place; and whether the de
Answer: Officials are working at pace to ensure that memorandum of understanding agreements for delivery of UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF) in 2025-26 are distributed to lead local authorities as soon as possible and before the start of the next financial ye...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assist applicants who cannot apply online to access temporary visas.
Answer: Where a customer cannot apply online themselves for a visa, they may ask a family member or other appointed representative to assist in completing the application on their behalf. The visa application includes various authorities and declarations, and the...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average waiting time for Child Maintenance Service appeal decisions.
Answer: The mean case age at clearance for Child Maintenance Service appeals for the latest periods for which data are available was 58* weeks for the quarter April to June 2024; and 57 weeks for the quarter July to September 2024.Waiting times are calculated fro...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for Child Maintenance Service Mandatory Reconsideration decisions.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aim to complete each Mandatory Reconsideration within 28 days (20 working days). The average clearance time for a Mandatory Reconsiderations is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support she is giving to gleaning organisations as a method to help reduce on-farm food waste.
Answer: Food redistribution charities in England can apply for a new £15 million Government scheme to help get surplus food from farms to those in need. Applications are welcome from the gleaning community before the deadline of 13 March 2025. More information ab...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to ensure that GPs approach (a) shared care and (b) collaboration with gender identity specialists in the same way as other specialists.
Answer: The Department has not issued guidance relating to shared care agreements. The General Medical Council’s guidance states that general practitioners (GPs) should collaborate with a Gender Dysphoria Clinic (GDC) to provide effective and timely treatment for...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
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