Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Horticulture: Seasonal WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to confirm the number of Seasonal Worker visas that will be available for picking and packing fruit and vegetables in 2026.
Answer: The Government recognises that its vital farms have the labour they need to harvest their great British produce and grow their businesses. We’ve announced a 5-year extension to the seasonal worker visa route to provide stability and certainty to the horti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: Planning PermissionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take (a) legislative and (b) other steps to reduce levels of (i) environmental planning conditions and (ii) biodiversity net gain requirements to help support horticulture
Answer: The Government has stated its intention to consult on changes to the planning policy framework later this year. On BNG, the Government recently consulted on options to improve the implementation of biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield de...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of court delays on local authorities carrying out enforcement of unauthorised encampments on Council property.
Answer: Enforcement action against unauthorised encampments is treated as urgent business by the courts, and subject to any local capacity constraints, courts will issue proceedings and set a hearing date for the next available date.Work is ongoing to make improv...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to scrap the Certificate of Professional Competence scheme.
Answer: The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) is designed to support road safety and the ensure professionalism of vocational drivers. It is a requirement for UK and EU freight and passenger vehicle licence holders operating within the UK and t...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Certificate of Professional Competence scheme.
Answer: The Department for Transport, along with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, keep the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) under review to ensure it meets the requirements of drivers and their employers. In December 2024, reforms to t...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings and Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to to minimise the potential impact of court proceedings on domestic violence victims by (a) aligning the (i) burdens of proof, (ii) legal standards and (iii) duties of lawyers
Answer: This Government is committed to doing everything it can to halve Violence Against Women and Girls within a decade. We recognise why it is important that victims of domestic abuse can have confidence that their case will be heard in court as soon as possib...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: GamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of harmonising remote betting and gaming duties on (a) prize money, (b) racecourse finances, (c) funding for (i) equine welfare and
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution that racing makes to the nation’s economy and sporting landscape.Future proposals on gambling duties are a matter for HM Treasury. Should changes to the tax regime be announced in the Autumn Statement...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: GamblingTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77911More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury’s consultation on the tax treatment of online gambling, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of harmonising remote betting and gaming duties on (a) turn
Answer: The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the c...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will increase the number of motorcycle test centres.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) keeps the network of its driving test centres under regular review, including those that deliver practical motorcycle tests. There are currently no plans to increase the overall number of driving test centres...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying the shortfall when employers are found to have unlawfully failed to contribute to their employee's pensions.
Answer: Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must automatically enrol their eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and pay the correct pension contributions into that scheme. The independent Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a sta...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEngineering: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of UK-based (a) civil and (b) software engineers by local authorities.
Answer: Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on tackling delays in processing valuations by the teachers' Pension Scheme; and whether her Department is taking steps to put special measures in place for teachers who ar
Answer: As at 4 September 2025, the number of unresolved cash equivalent transfer value (CETV) cases has been reduced to 433 from 3,062 at the end of October 2024. This includes recent CETV applications and as such there will always be a number of outstanding CET...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for hormone replacement therapy implant licenses were received by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the last six months; and what steps he is taking t
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department and regulates medicine, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ensuring that medicines me...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76768More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) impact of the Lifetime ISA price cap on prospective first-time buyers in the South East and (b) merits of introducing regionalised property caps on Lifetime ISAs.
Answer: Data from the latest UK House Price Index shows that while the average price paid by first-time buyers has increased, it is still below the LISA property price cap in all regions of the UK except for London, where the average price paid is affected by bor...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Young PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending (a) free and (b) discounted bus travel to people under the age of 22; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people in rura
Answer: The government knows how important affordable and reliable bus services are in enabling people to get to education, work and access vital services. On 1 January, we introduced a £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London to help passengers conti...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to weight loss medications through the NHS.
Answer: Until recently, the newest obesity medicines liraglutide, under various brand names, semaglutide, under the brand name Wegovy, and tirzepatide, under the brand name Mounjaro, have only been available via the National Health Service through specialist weig...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of full-time psychiatrists in the NHS (a) nationally and (b) in Chichester constituency.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPost-traumatic Stress Disorder: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to widen access to appropriate therapy treatments for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (a) nationally and (b) in Chichester constituency.
Answer: The NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board is responsible for commissioning services to meet the mental health needs of the people in Chichester.People with post-traumatic stress disorder can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies or their general practitioner can...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recognising Artificial Intelligence tools as eligible assistive software under the Access to Work scheme.
Answer: Access to Work has not been substantially changed since its introduction in 1994. There is a strong case for updating the role it plays in making work accessible for disabled people. In the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we consulted on the future of the A...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCourt of Protection: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in processing times for deputyship applications by the Court of Protection.
Answer: HMCTS is working to increase overall system capacity to decrease processing times across all types of applications. Measures taken include a targeted action plan to allocate additional administrative resources in response to higher demand, as well as trai...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing schemes that that would reduce the cost of replacement passports to those in receipt of (a) state and (b) other pen
Answer: All income from passport fees is used to meet the cost of processing passport applications and delivering associated services, and any reduction in fees would need to be considered in terms of its impact on the funding of those services.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether targets to improve early diagnosis of myeloma will form part of the national cancer plan.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as well as other unstageable cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, in order to improve out...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: UltrasonicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of ultrasound in primary care in (a) the UK, (b) Germany and (c) the Nordic nations; and what steps his Department is tak
Answer: We are committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the NHS to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services.Our 10-Year Health Plan commits to shifting care from hospital to community, including diagnostic test...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Behaviour OrdersAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73153More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Crown Prosecution Service to assess the need for Criminal Behaviour Orders for defendants sentenced at their first appearance at court following a remand
Answer: Ancillary orders, including Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBOs), play an important work in delivering justice, especially for victims of crime.When submitting a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in cases where it is appropriate to seek a CBO, the p...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72955More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review Business Rates.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century.At Autumn Budget 2024, we took the first step with the announcement of permanently lower tax rates f...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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