Jeevun Sandher MP: written questions
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Written questions
SewersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring into force the legislative provisions of schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 for the adoption of sustainable draining systems in England.
Answer: This Government is committed to requiring standardised Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments. These should be to designs that cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits, reduce run of...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLand UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to implement the proposed land use framework.
Answer: The Government ran a consultation on land use in England from January to April this year. The responses to this consultation, and feedback from supporting workshops, are being analysed. These responses and outputs will inform the preparation of the Land U...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control and SewersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support land owners to implement nature based solutions to (a) drainage and (b) flood management.
Answer: Farmers and landowners have an increasingly important role to play in reducing the risk of flooding and coastal erosion, through measures such as nature-based solutions (NbS). To support this the Government is investing in NbS measures, such as natural fl...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion and Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the flood risk and coastal erosion risk management budget has been allocated to nature based solutions in the current financial year.
Answer: Many projects in the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Capital Investment Programme deliver a combination of nature-based solutions (NBS) and hard defences, and we do not explicitly capture the expenditure on NBS separately. Due to this, we are unable to sep...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion and Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the Flood Risk and Coastal Erosion Risk Management budget was spent on nature based solutions in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial
Answer: Many projects in the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Capital Investment Programme deliver a combination of nature-based solutions (NBS) and hard defences, and we do not explicitly capture the expenditure on NBS separately. Due to this, we are unable to sep...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMesothelioma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a National Mesothelioma Clinical Audit to (a) identify gaps in mesothelioma care, (b) optimise allocation of res
Answer: Reducing unwarranted variation in cancer care and treatment is a priority for the Government. In December 2024, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care committed to developing a National Cancer Plan. The National Cancer Plan w...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: ApprenticeshipsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of construction apprenticeships.
Answer: This government has an ambitious plan for re-building Britain, delivering 1.5 million homes in England in this Parliament. Around 5,000 more construction apprenticeship places will be made available per year by the 2027/28 financial year thanks to an £140...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to expand the Flood Resilience Scheme to households which (a) have been affected outside named storms and (b) are at risk of flooding in the future.
Answer: To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience, by building, maintaining, and repairing flood defences. Included in this programme, the Environment ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025WithdrawnUIN 23077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to expand the Flood Recovery Framework to households which (a) have been affected outside named storms and (b) are at risk of flooding in the future.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: LeicestershireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Flood Recovery Framework will be activated for the flooding in Leicestershire.
Answer: My thoughts remain with householders and business owners impacted by flooding after the recent heavy rainfall, flooding is a devastating experience for all those affected.Government support in the aftermath of flooding is only provided in exceptional circ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: LeicestershireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity services in Leicestershire.
Answer: Following Care Quality Commission inspections in January 2024, the trust has strong improvement plans in place for maternity services at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital (LGH). Many actions from both the 2023 and 2024 inspectio...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Ukraine.
Answer: In chairing the UN Security Council on 18 November, the Foreign Secretary made clear that UK support for Ukraine is ironclad. We have stepped up the delivery of vital military equipment, led the way in investing in Ukraine’s defence industrial base, and i...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLampard InquiryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to integrate the recommendations of the Lampard inquiry into mental health services nationwide.
Answer: The Lampard Statutory Inquiry began public hearings in September 2024. The Department will await the findings of the Inquiry and will consider its recommendations once submitted by the Chair. In the meantime, we are working with NHS England to understand ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: LoughboroughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more GPs in Loughborough constituency.
Answer: We have committed to training thousands more general practitioners (GPs) across the country, as well as taking pressure off those currently working in the system. NHS England has allocated £1.9 million of emergency short term funding, from October 2024 to...
Answered 23 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: LoughboroughDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Flood Resilience Task Force is taking to help protect communities in Loughborough constituency from flood damage.
Answer: To ensure that communities are better protected from flooding, Defra has established a ministerially led cross-Governmental Flood Resilience Taskforce, with the first meeting taking place in September. The Flood Resilience Taskforce will ensure that prepa...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHydrogen: LoughboroughDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how investors in hydrogen projects in Loughborough constituency can request funding from (a) the National Wealth Fund and (b) GB Energy.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund was announced by the Chancellor on 9 July and further details will be set out at the International Investment Summit on 14 October. In the meantime, projects can approach UKIB who assesses each opportunity on a deal-by-deal basis ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHydrogenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support (a) clean hydrogen generation, (b) the use of hydrogen in (i) heavy industry and (ii) transportation and (c) the (A) skills and (B) infrastructure required
Answer: The Government is delivering revenue support to hydrogen production through the Hydrogen Production Business Model. This is being combined with demand-side measures including innovation and capital funding for industrial and transport users, as well as th...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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